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Has anyone here used the Access Repair tool from DataNumen?
https://www.datanumen.com/access-repair/
Its free for personal use and at first sight seems legitimate...but I'm suspicious.
As far as I can see its just imports tables and queries into a new database…. including converting deep hidden system tables related to complex data such as MVFs, memo field column history and attachment fields to standard tables.
Those tables do need to be imported but should be imported in their original format as deep hidden system tables
In addition, other deep hidden system tables are not transferred or re-created and the file size is significantly reduced to about 60% of the original (much more than compacting does) e.g. reducing a basic ACCDB file from 4840kb to 236kb which is somewhat suspicious.
Forms, reports, macros and modules are not copied across
I don't have any corrupt databases to really test it on so don't know if it really recovers anything more than would happen by importing tables/queries into a new database manually.
I certainly don't want to recommend it to anyone without some positive evidence of its value
EDIT I've now emailed the company making the same points as above.
I'll be interested to hear their response
https://www.datanumen.com/access-repair/
Its free for personal use and at first sight seems legitimate...but I'm suspicious.
As far as I can see its just imports tables and queries into a new database…. including converting deep hidden system tables related to complex data such as MVFs, memo field column history and attachment fields to standard tables.
Those tables do need to be imported but should be imported in their original format as deep hidden system tables
In addition, other deep hidden system tables are not transferred or re-created and the file size is significantly reduced to about 60% of the original (much more than compacting does) e.g. reducing a basic ACCDB file from 4840kb to 236kb which is somewhat suspicious.
Forms, reports, macros and modules are not copied across
I don't have any corrupt databases to really test it on so don't know if it really recovers anything more than would happen by importing tables/queries into a new database manually.
I certainly don't want to recommend it to anyone without some positive evidence of its value
EDIT I've now emailed the company making the same points as above.
I'll be interested to hear their response
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