Microsoft Jet Database

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Mark Hight

I created a database on my old computer. When I got a
new computer, I saved the database on a disk and saved it
to the new computer. Now I cannot open the database. I
receive the following message "The Microsoft jet Database
engine has stopped the process because you and another
user are attempting to change the same data at the same
time." Does anyone have any idea of how I can open my
database. Thanks.
 
Sounds like your database got corrupted.

The first and easiest thing I would do is go back to your old computer and get a clean copy of the database. (I'm sure you didn't do
anything to your old computer until you tested all of your transferred data from it on your new computer. Please tell me you didn't
do anything to your old computer before you tested everything on your new one.)

Second, I'm sure you already tried the Access repair (Tools/Database Utilities/Repair) or you would not have spent your time posting
a message here.

So, if for some reason you can't get a clean copy off of your old computer and the Access repair failed, before you do anything
else, make a *copy* of the database to work with.

Only work with a *copy* of the database when you try the following things.

Look at the articles at:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;247771&Product=acc2000
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;209137&Product=acc2000
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;273956
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;306204&Product=acc2000

Also take a look at http://granite.ab.ca/access/corruptmdbs.htm. Tony has a lot of good suggestions for recovering corrupted
databases.

If none of these things work and your database is real important, you might have to go to one of the recovery services. Several are
mentioned in the above articles and on Tony's web site.

Good luck to you.

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Sco

M.L. "Sco" Scofield, MCSD, MCP, MSS, Access MVP, A+
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