Microsoft KB Archive/123588

= ACC2: Microsoft Access Repair Utility Enhanced =

Article ID: 123588

Article Last Modified on 7/5/2002

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Access 2.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q123588



Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.



SUMMARY
The Microsoft Access repair utility has been enhanced so that more databases can be repaired successfully. The enhancement enables the repair utility to traverse a table from beginning to end, and from end to beginning if needed, allowing the utility to recover data pages that could not be recovered before the enhancement. A data page can become damaged if the computer is turned off while a data pages contains changes that have not been saved.



MORE INFORMATION
This enhancement is included in the Microsoft Jet database engine version 2.5, which is available with the Microsoft Access version 2.0 Service Pack. For information about how to obtain the Service Pack, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

122927 WX1124: Microsoft Access Version 2.0 Service Pack

