hobie@sq.UUCP (02/17/87)
I am reposting this because our upstream site was going through some problems. A friend of mine would like to know about any program that can recover corrupted files (specifically dBASE files nuked on a power outage). He currently uses an old version of Norton Utilities and has to spend hours piecing files back together. If you know of any, please mail me their names and publishers. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hobie Orris | SoftQuad Inc., Toronto, Ont. |"Save the Giant Speckled Barking Toad"
roger@batcomputer.UUCP (02/19/87)
In article <1987Feb16.183932.21852@sq.uucp> hobie@sq.uucp (Hobie Orris) writes: >A friend of mine would like to know about any program that can >recover corrupted files (specifically dBASE files nuked on a power outage). I do not know of any programs that can recover damaged dBase files. There is, however, a book on the market that provides step-by-step instructions on dBase file recovery, for dBase versions II, III, and III+, using dBase, the DOS DEBUG, and three BASIC utilities to (ugh) type in on your own. I have used this book to successfully recover from damage both simple and complex (the possible types of damage include misplaced or extra end-of-file markers, damaged file headers, displaced or overwritten data, and combinations thereof), and recommend it to anyone experiencing difficulties. The book is titled SALVAGING DAMAGED DBASE FILES, written by Paul W. Heiser, and is available for $ 19.95 from Comtech Publishing, Dept. K, P.O. Box 456, Pittsford, NY 14534 (Phone: (716) 586-3356). DISCLAIMER: I have no affiliation with the author of this book or its publisher, other than as a satisfied customer.