Monday, October 25, 2010

How to Repair Corrupted Access .mdb File

Databases are generally made by the users using MS Access application and those files get saved with the extension .mdb. These databases contain certain of the critical information which is needed for the proper working of any organization or firm. So any corruption in these databases could be a mind shaking experience for few and requires an urgent Access repair. There are many of the symptoms which indicate that the mdb files are corrupted:

• The file fails to open and no loading happens when you try.
• File opens but with the unreadable characters.
• A screen seeking password appears, although it has not been set.
• You encounter some of the error messages like:

1. "Unrecognized Database Format"

2. "The Microsoft Jet database engine could not find the object MSysCompactError"

3. "The Microsoft Jet database engine stopped the process because you and another user are attempting to change the same data at the same time"

4. "This database is in an unexpected state; Microsoft Access can't open it..."

5. "Microsoft Access has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience."

6. "Operation failed - too many indexes - reduce the number and try again"
7. "You do not have the necessary permissions to open this object. Please contact your system administrator."

8. "Unexpected error 35012 (opening file)"

9. "This object needs a newer version of the Microsoft Jet database module"

And the list goes on.

The reason for the database corruption could be any like: application malfunctioning, virus attack, improper shutdown of the computer system, missing or corruption of some application related files, improper exit from the application, hardware or network problem etc.

Some of the problems of Access repair are sorted according to the cause of the error and you can get the clue from the error message itself like for the error message:

"This object needs a newer version of the Microsoft Jet database module"

You can try out installing the newer version of the Jet database module. Some of the problems are related to the incorrect registry settings or some of the specific system file corruption, then you can try out renaming the registry files and repairing the corrupted files.

While many of the corrupted files finds no solution and the data in them may remain intact. Then the most secure and safe solution to do Access repair is to have an Access repair software. These Access repair software are application designed which are easy to implement.

Access Repair software is the most advanced and the robust Access repair software which has been known for its excellent performance from past many times. The software employs the most powerful algorithms in order to extract as much data as possible from the corrupted access databases. No matter how has your file been corrupted either due to virus attack or some application malfunctioning, the software can repair any of the mdb file from any of the root cause.

This Access Repair software comes with a cool looking interface which provides the user a very friendly environment. The file versions of MS Access which are supported by this access recovery software are Access 97, 2000, 2002/XP, 2003 and 2007. All data types, query, forms, reports, Macro, modules included in the file are repairable. The software can also do Access repair for the relations between the tables, if any present.

Any doubt about its performance? Then try using its demo version, which will help you to preview the repairable files.