Microsoft KB Archive/302498

= ACC97: &quot;Disk Error -- Reserved error (-1601)&quot; When You Open an Access Database =

Article ID: 302498

Article Last Modified on 1/31/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Access 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q302498



Novice: Requires knowledge of the user interface on single-user computers.



SYMPTOMS
When you try to open a Microsoft Access database, you may receive the following error message:

Disk Error -- Reserved error (-1601)

NOTE: Compacting and repairing the database does not resolve the issue.



CAUSE
There is corruption in the system tables of your database.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, create a new database, and then import all the objects from your database into this new database. To do so, follow these steps:  Create a new Microsoft Access database. On the File menu, point to Get External Data, and then click Import. In the Import dialog box, click Microsoft Access (.mdb) in the Files of Type box. In the Look in box, select the drive and folder where your database is located, and then double-click your database. In the Import Objects dialog box, click one or more objects to import. You may want to select only a few objects at a time because this makes it easier to identify any corrupted objects. Click OK to import the selected objects. If an object generates an error while it is being imported, the object is probably damaged beyond repair. You will have to import the object from a backup database or will have to re-create the object.</li> Repeat steps 2 through 6 until all the objects are imported into the new database.</li> Compile all the imported modules in the new database. To do so, follow these steps: <ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;"> On the View menu, point to Database Objects, and then click Modules.</li> Select a module, and then click Design. If you do not have any modules, click New.</li> On the Debug menu, click Compile .</li></ol> </li> Close the new database, and then quit Microsoft Access.</li></ol>

NOTE: If your original database has references to any additional library databases or type libraries, make a note of the references. Then in the new database, in Design view of any module, on the Tools menu click References, and add these references.

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