Corrupted QuickBooks Timer File

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JohnWL

I'm cross-posting this one 'cuz I'm not sure where to ask for help on this.

I'm using QuickBooks Timer Pro 6 for tracking my client time, which then
posts into QuickBooks for invoicing. The timer file appears to be an Access
database, as I can open it directly in Access and it appears to be a normal
database.

Occasionally, the timer "file" gets corrupted and I lose all timer records
and data. I've worked with Intuit in the past and they seem to have no
practical help for this. There is a repair function in the timer program,
but it nearly always fails to recover a corrupted file. Access begins to
open a corrupted database file asking if I want to open as is or convert to
a newer version, then fails claiming it needs to be repaired. I now have
several files I'd really like to recover, the most recent one from a couple
of weeks ago.

Does anyone have any tricks or tips on what else is out there to recover a
corrupted Access database file which is corrupted?

John Loewen
 
Does anyone have any tricks or tips on what else is out there to recover a
corrupted Access database file which is corrupted?
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You could try to create a new blank database and importing all of the objects
from the corrupted database into the new one.

Maurice
 
StCyrM said:
You could try to create a new blank database and importing all of the objects
from the corrupted database into the new one.

Maurice
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I just tried that, but it doesn't work. When trying to import from a
corrupted database, Access gives the same errors as when trying to open that
corrupted database directly. And I have allowed Access to try to repair the
database while attempting to open or link to it, but that fails also.

Incidentally, I opened Access without any database loaded, ran the Comapct
and Repair utility, selected the corrupted database to see if it could do it
without better that way. But that had the same negative results.

I also tried opening the corrupted database file from Excel, which appears
to have the connectability to do this. But I get stymied when it pops up a
MS Jet OLE DB Initialization Information dialog asking for the Password for
Admin user (I don't use one on the timer file, so do I need to supply one
here?) and Provider String (I have no idea what is required there). Leaving
these blank and clicking OK results in nothing further - no data, no error
message, just a blank worksheet.

I can view the file content with a hex editor, but most of the needed data
is not in English, tho textual notes in memo fields are readable.

I really hope someone knows about some special utility software out there
that can be used to read the data in the tables in a corrupted file. If I
can just read the data in the main table or copy it to some other location
to read it, I'll be OK.

John Loewen
 
Thanks for that tip. I downloaded it and tried it. But it claims the
database file is not a compatible database. So apparently there is something
in the database that signifies it is not quite the same as Microsoft's
official Access even tho Access can view the tables and such. I may be stuck
with either losing the data or pressuring Intuit tech support into providing
some meaningful support for this.

Unless anyone out there knows of some third-party utility that can parse
database files of this type and provide useful data from it. Anybody?

John Loewen
 
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