.dbf file corrupted

Dear Friends,

I am using DBF file in Foxpro.

DBF file corrupt and show message "Not a database file"

Waiting for your reply.

With regards!

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.dbf file corrupted Dear Friends, I am using DBF file in Foxpro. DBF file corrupt and show ..

Answer / johannlinden

DBF File header file corruption can occur due to various reasons, like improper system shutdown, virus attack, modification in hex-editor, and application malfunction. When the DBF file header gets corrupted due to any of the above reasons, the file becomes unreadable or inaccessible. Moreover, a user encounters an error message while opening the file, which happens in your case. You can use following solutions to overcome DBF file header corruption,:
1) Restore the file from a valid backup copy.
2) In case of no backup, you needs to repair the corrupted DBF file by using third party DBF Repair Software. 


Also check this article which will help to fix Foxpro corruption: http://www.filerepairforum.com/forum/databases/databases-aa/dbase-iv-clipper-foxpro/429-how-can-i-open-corrupted-dbf-file-via-ms-foxpro - it’s not at all the article, it’s a community for differently graduated users profs and novices too.
You may also referring to DBF Fix Toolbox
Free demo might be helpful for you for first view at software:- http://www.dbf.fixtoolbox.com/

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.dbf file corrupted Dear Friends, I am using DBF file in Foxpro. DBF file corrupt and show ..

Answer / erwieschust

Refer to:- <a href="http://www.filerepairforum.com/forum/databases/databases-aa/dbase-iv-clipper-foxpro/429-how-can-i-open-corrupted-dbf-file-via-ms-foxpro">http://www.filerepairforum.com/forum/databases/databases-aa/dbase-iv-clipper-foxpro/429-how-can-i-open-corrupted-dbf-file-via-ms-foxpro</a> - here you may get or discuss answer to current problem, no pay, no difficult registration with input many private data.

And at last, below the guide how to recover .dbf file, see steps...

1. Open the dBase command line from the Windows Start menu.

2. Log into the local dBase software with your username and password.

3. Click on the dBase command line section of the window that is open.

4. Type "dbf /recover yourDbaseFile.dbf" into the command line, where "yourDbaseFile.dbf" is the name of the dBase file whose tables are corrupted.

5. Press "Enter." dBase takes some time (ranging from a few minutes to a few hours, depending on the size of the database) to analyze and repair the file and its contents. You are alerted when this process is finished.

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.dbf file corrupted Dear Friends, I am using DBF file in Foxpro. DBF file corrupt and show ..

Answer / leobeut

First of all visit next resource:- [url=http://www.filerepairforum.com/forum/databases/databases-aa/dbase-iv-clipper-foxpro/429-how-can-i-open-corrupted-dbf-file-via-ms-foxpro]http://www.filerepairforum.com/forum/databases/databases-aa/dbase-iv-clipper-foxpro/429-how-can-i-open-corrupted-dbf-file-via-ms-foxpro[/url] - here you can find some proper solutions connected with your issue

As a variant try next step:
Copy a valid memo file over the corrupt memo file to access the database again. 

NOTE: The original memo field information will be lost unless the valid memo file was an exact backup of the corrupt file. All memo field backup files have an extension of .TBK. 

The corrupt memo file will have an .FPT extension, such as OLD.FPT. In the following example, assume NEW.FPT is a valid memo file. To bypass the error message and access the database again, type the following command at the MS- DOS command prompt:

copy new.fpt old.fpt

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