Unrecognized Database Format

[sara82]

Hello,

I had a database on a server. The server went down. Now when I attempt to open the database I get the following error:

Unrecognized database format 'S:\6277_Database_Tracking_Log\6277_Database\Scann ing_Database.mdb.

Is there anyway I can recovery this database? I do not have a backup. I tried to
Tools>Database Utilities>Compact and Repair Database

But that did not work.

Any suggestions?

Thanks.

 

[PHV]

I had a database on a server
I do not have a backup
???

 

[EPT]

Follow this link, it's fairly comprehensive

http://www.granite.ab.ca/access/corruptmdbs.htm

 

[lespaul]

I had a database on a server
I do not have a backup


There's NO backup of a SERVER?????

Leslie

Anything worth doing is a lot more difficult than it's worth - Unknown Induhvidual

 

[BobStubbs]

You could try JetComp.exe. This can be downloaded from the Microsoft web site. It is described as:

"A much more thorough version of 'compact and repair', which can recover databases too badly damaged to open with Access itself."

Bob Stubbs (London, UK)

 

[Trevil]

We have found that when Access-2000 is unable to Compact & Repair, that 99% of the time we can recover the database with a Visual Basic program that executes the following (db has a password):

DBEngine.CompactDatabase strSource, strDestination, ";pwd=" & strPwd, Nothing, ";pwd=" & strPwd



35+ years of 'progress' -- can't we all just go wire boards again?

 

[sara82]

Thanks all for your replies. I will try out your suggestions

Yes we have a backup server that preforms backups on our file server.. but something got messed up with the backup server as well. It's a complicated issue. They're trying to restore everything back to the way it was.

In the meantime I'll try out the suggestions to repair the database.