.bak and .mdb file - corruption

[paul]

A client appears to have either completely corrupted their .mdb file or
has somehow managed to create a .bak file whilst trying to zip the .mdb
file.

Can anyone advise how I might be able to help them restore the .mdb
file from what appears to be a .bak file. I have tried renaming the
extension and repairing, both within Access and using a shortcut
/repair. I have also tried creating a new .mdb and importing the
tables. However all I am getting is the "unrecognised database format"
error.

Thank you

[Nick Coe \(UK\)]

See if any of Allen Brownes' recovery tips work.

http://allenbrowne.com/ser-47.html

When exactly do you get the unrecognised format message -
during import of tables to new db, when opening new db after
import, when trying to open renamed .bak, ?

Also which version of Access?

This is useful for A2000 with links to other versions:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/209137/en-us

--
Nick Coe (UK)
http://www.alphacos.co.uk/
AccHelp is now free/donateware

In
news:11**********************@b68g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com,
pa**@softsmart.co.uk typed:

A client appears to have either completely corrupted their
.mdb file or has somehow managed to create a .bak file
whilst
trying to zip the .mdb file.

Can anyone advise how I might be able to help them restore
the
.mdb file from what appears to be a .bak file. I have
tried
renaming the extension and repairing, both within Access
and
using a shortcut /repair. I have also tried creating a new
.mdb and importing the tables. However all I am getting is
the
"unrecognised database format" error.

Thank you

[paul]

They are still using Access 97 and the error message appears as soon as
you try to either open or repair the database using any method I can
think of.

The file size also appears to have reduced from what is was, as far as
I can tell it is about 25% smaller than it should be.

It looks like this might be a lost cause - restore from back up and try
to re-enter all the missing data!!

Thank you for your response

Nick Coe (UK) wrote:

See if any of Allen Brownes' recovery tips work.

http://allenbrowne.com/ser-47.html

When exactly do you get the unrecognised format message -
during import of tables to new db, when opening new db after
import, when trying to open renamed .bak, ?

Also which version of Access?

This is useful for A2000 with links to other versions:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/209137/en-us

--
Nick Coe (UK)
http://www.alphacos.co.uk/
AccHelp is now free/donateware

In
news:11**********************@b68g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com,
pa**@softsmart.co.uk typed:

A client appears to have either completely corrupted their
.mdb file or has somehow managed to create a .bak file
whilst
trying to zip the .mdb file.

Can anyone advise how I might be able to help them restore
the
.mdb file from what appears to be a .bak file. I have
tried
renaming the extension and repairing, both within Access
and
using a shortcut /repair. I have also tried creating a new
.mdb and importing the tables. However all I am getting is
the
"unrecognised database format" error.

Thank you

[David W. Fenton]

pa**@softsmart.co.uk wrote in
news:11*********************@b68g2000cwa.googlegro ups.com:

It looks like this might be a lost cause - restore from back up
and try to re-enter all the missing data!!

Or send it to Peter Miller at PKSolutions.com and he'll tell you if
he can recover it.

--
David W. Fenton http://www.dfenton.com/
usenet at dfenton dot com http://www.dfenton.com/DFA/

[Nick Coe \(UK\)]

And further to David's suggestion to try Peter Miller at PK
there is also www.EverythingAccess.com . Pete's been around
for ages <g> but EverythingAccess I've only just found.

--
Nick Coe (UK)
http://www.alphacos.co.uk/
AccHelp is now free/donateware

In
news:11*********************@b68g2000cwa.googlegro ups.com,
pa**@softsmart.co.uk typed:

They are still using Access 97 and the error message
appears
as soon as you try to either open or repair the database
using
any method I can think of.

The file size also appears to have reduced from what is
was,
as far as I can tell it is about 25% smaller than it
should be.

It looks like this might be a lost cause - restore from
back
up and try to re-enter all the missing data!!

Thank you for your response

Nick Coe (UK) wrote:

See if any of Allen Brownes' recovery tips work.

http://allenbrowne.com/ser-47.html

When exactly do you get the unrecognised format message -
during import of tables to new db, when opening new db
after
import, when trying to open renamed .bak, ?

Also which version of Access?

This is useful for A2000 with links to other versions:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/209137/en-us

--
Nick Coe (UK)
http://www.alphacos.co.uk/
AccHelp is now free/donateware

In
news:11**********************@b68g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com,
pa**@softsmart.co.uk typed:

A client appears to have either completely corrupted
their
.mdb file or has somehow managed to create a .bak file
whilst
trying to zip the .mdb file.

Can anyone advise how I might be able to help them
restore
the
.mdb file from what appears to be a .bak file. I have
tried
renaming the extension and repairing, both within Access
and
using a shortcut /repair. I have also tried creating a
new
.mdb and importing the tables. However all I am getting
is
the
"unrecognised database format" error.

Thank you