Make a backup of your backup and them try it. Nothing ventured - nothing gained.
Steve
PC Datasheet
"Daniel" <awadd@umich.edu> wrote in message
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> Thanks. I wish the problem was that simple to fix. I've to repair
> and compact. I get the dreaded "Could not find description field"
> message after Access tells me that my database is not a database and
> that it cannot be repaired. Do you think that I run into any problem
> copying over my back up copy over the network/corrupt file. Will my
> back up become corrupt?
>
>
> "PC Datasheet" <spam@nospam.com> wrote in message[/color]
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> > Daniel,
> >
> > This is just a guess!
> >
> > It sounds like someone opened the database file with something other than[/color][/color]
Access[color=blue][color=green]
> > and then sved the file in that software's format (with a different extension
> > other than .mdb). Try navigating to your database file in Windows Explorer[/color][/color]
and[color=blue][color=green]
> > see what the extension is. If it is something other than .mdb, try[/color][/color]
renamining[color=blue][color=green]
> > the file and changing the extension back to .mdb.
> >
> >
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> > "Daniel" <awadd@umich.edu> wrote in message
> > news:64d0d69.0312111053.299771ba@posting.google.co m...[color=darkred]
> > > Fields in my forms show as "Error#" and back end file will no longer
> > > open. Access asks if I would like to repair the database to which I
> > > click "OK" but it then tells me that my file is not a database or
> > > cannot be repaired. What happened? What can I do? Thanks for your
> > > time.[/color][/color][/color]
