Wednesday, April 27, 2011

How to address the situations when Access gives error while opening

A highly reliable database management system, MS Access that helps users in creating queries, reports, forms and tables. Once required information is imported or exported then it can be linked to data for running queries and creating reports. At times, it is likely to fail while performing functions which further causes operating systems or application to stop responding. That might lead to corruption or damage of the file. So to resolve such issues Access repair solutions are needed to repair damaged access files. However, if backup is available then high probability may exist to repair Access, else using Access file repair software.

Consider, you are working on your system and you get some fatal error while opening Microsoft Office Access, which prevents Access from responding. To proceed further, you will need to follow the undermentioned steps to recover data from the file:

  • Try to use the Compact and Repair utility to open the file, instead of directly opening it. The system tries to repair the file using in built repair feature. If this doesn't solve the problem, read the next step.
  • Try to import the file into a new database file. But make sure you do not import all the objects in one go. This way, you'll be able to identify the problem objects and repair them. Reference to libraries and projects will have to be added later.
  • Another thing worth checking is, if the problem is with the application or database. Open the database on another system. Also, check if another database is opening on your system or not.
  • Sometimes, memory conflicts prevent opening the database. This can be checked by opening the file by running the system in Safe Mode.
  • Temporary files too lead to a lot of problem and should be removed regularly. In fact, if you run the Disk Cleanup utility, you will be able to see and remove the temporary files, Internet cache files and unnecessary program files.
  • Perform disk defragmentation tool and error checking tool should also be run to prevent such problems.
  • At times, virtual memory setting is too low on the computer. Change the virtual memory settings for your hard disk.
  • If no other thing works, use the last updated copy of your database file to repair Access document.
  • In the absence of backup, you have Access repair software to help you recover all your inaccessible data.

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