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chambersss

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Invalid database
« on: January 26, 2017, 01:57 AM »
Hi all.

I need help with Microsoft Access 2013.  I can not open the Access document cause of the following message: "Invalid database ". Any ideas what might be causing this? Please advise me how to repair Access.

I have created this document on Windows 8. Now I am using Windows 10

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Re: Invalid database
« Reply #1 on: January 26, 2017, 05:29 AM »
Is that the full error message? I didn't see any hits with just "invalid database" in a search, they were all invalid database object reference, or unrecognized database format or something.
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Re: Invalid database
« Reply #2 on: January 26, 2017, 08:18 AM »
I am not Access savvy, but generally if it is saying the whole database is invalid it sounds like a corrupted file.  Do you have a backup?

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Re: Invalid database
« Reply #3 on: January 26, 2017, 09:36 AM »
x16wda, This is a full error message

MilesAhead I don't

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Re: Invalid database
« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2017, 10:24 AM »
Then you will have to fall back to software similar to this: http://www.accessfilerepair.net/

Access is know to corrupt easily as it uses by default a single file containing all database logic you added and the data you put into it. Single point of failure if you will. This makes it also easy to create a backup. But as you don't have a backup, I must assume that your access database isn't of much value to you.

In that case, isn't it an option to start over from scratch? And make backups afterwards?

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Re: Invalid database
« Reply #5 on: January 30, 2017, 04:24 AM »
You can try to upload your file to this service https://onlinefile.repair/en/access.html and this will automatically scan the file

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Re: Invalid database
« Reply #6 on: January 31, 2017, 02:37 PM »
Thanks for answers friends