Microsoft KB Archive/306829

= How to troubleshoot corruption in a Microsoft Access database =

Article ID: 306829

Article Last Modified on 8/12/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Access 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q306829



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

This article applies only to a Microsoft Access database (.mdb).



SUMMARY
There are a number of reasons corruption can occur in a Microsoft Access database. This article provides a list of references to Microsoft Knowledge Base articles that may assist you in resolving corruption in your database.



Troubleshooting and preventing database corruption
The following Knowledge Base article provides the troubleshooting steps that Support professionals follow when they try to recover a corrupted database. For more information about troubleshooting and repairing an Access database, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

279334 How to repair a damaged Jet 3.5 database

The following Knowledge Base article provides information on preventing corruption in Microsoft Jet 3.x databases. For more information about minimizing database corruption, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

303519 How to minimize database corruption when using Microsoft Jet 3.x

Additional troubleshooting resources
The following Knowledge Base articles may be of additional assistance to you in troubleshooting problematic database files.

For more information about receiving an unexpected error when opening a database, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

277925 Error message: &quot;Unexpected error 35012&quot; when you open a database

For more information about troubleshooting invalid page faults, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

148424 Troubleshooting fatal system errors in Microsoft Access 95 and Microsoft Access 97

Data recovery
After completing the troubleshooting articles listed above, if you are still unable to recover your database, your data may still be recoverable. There are a number of third-party companies that specialize in data recovery.

The following companies are known to specialize in this area. You may be able to find additional companies that specialize in this area by searching on the Internet.

Action Front Data Recovery Labs

http://www.actionfront.com/

OfficeRecovery

http://www.officerecovery.com/access/index.htm

PK Solutions

http://www.pksolutions.com

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