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Annemarie - 14 May 2007 14:54 GMT

I tried compacting and repairing my database but lost my connection to the
network where the database is stored. Now when I try to open it, I get an
error saying "Not a valid bookmark."

What happened and how do I fix it so I can use my database again?
Thank you

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Jerry Whittle - 14 May 2007 15:16 GMT

At times like this, nothing beats a good backup. In fact make a complete
backup of your database now and put it away for safe keeping.

Tony Toews has an excellent web page on database corruption.
http://www.granite.ab.ca/access/corruptmdbs.htm

Allen Brown also has excellent info on corruption.
http://allenbrowne.com/ser-47.html

I have a white paper in a Word document named Fix Corrupt Access Database
towards the bottom this page:
http://www.rogersaccesslibrary.com/OtherLibraries.asp

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> I tried compacting and repairing my database but lost my connection to the
> network where the database is stored. Now when I try to open it, I get an
> error saying "Not a valid bookmark."
>
> What happened and how do I fix it so I can use my database again?
> Thank you

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Annemarie - 14 May 2007 15:27 GMT

That would be fantastic however as soon as i click on the database to open
it, I get this error. There is no way for me to Compact and Repair let alone
back up the database. I can't open anything in the database.

> At times like this, nothing beats a good backup. In fact make a complete
> backup of your database now and put it away for safe keeping.
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> > What happened and how do I fix it so I can use my database again?
> > Thank you

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Jerry Whittle - 14 May 2007 16:47 GMT

You can back up the database with Windows Explorer by just making a copy of
it to another folder or drive.

Try the Jetcomp utility to compact and repair the database. It does a better
job plus is an external program so you don't have to open the database first.
It's described in the links below.

If worse comes to worse, do you have a recent backup of the database? If
it's on a company network, possibly it was backed up this past weekend. If
nothing else, you might have to learn a tough lesson about backing up.
Backups are like seat belts: worthless until the moment that you need one. If
you don't have the belt on, it's too late then.

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> That would be fantastic however as soon as i click on the database to open
> it, I get this error. There is no way for me to Compact and Repair let alone
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> > > What happened and how do I fix it so I can use my database again?
> > > Thank you

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Annemarie - 14 May 2007 16:49 GMT

Ok, thank you for your help!

> You can back up the database with Windows Explorer by just making a copy of
> it to another folder or drive.
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> > > > What happened and how do I fix it so I can use my database again?
> > > > Thank you

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