MS Access 97 lost database

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Bev

Hello,
I am sure I am doomed here but, here goes.
At work, A database was somehow lost this week. This database contains ALL
of 2005 records that we use every day all day.

We thought we had a backup of the files as we do that often. But we were not
backing up the correct file. Seems all we backed up were the shortcuts. Yes,
we are newbies!

The person working said that it did NOT ask to delete. Nor did it ask to
"name" it. So I am not sure if it is gone or renamed.

At the time she had it open and was on "tables" sorting alphabetically to
print the list. She was resizing the columns so it would fit on the pages
landscaped. She did print the information.

Also missing is the "form" used to insert the information.

I have done a couple of system restores, I have searched for files changed
on that day to no success.

Please advise as to whether or not it is possible to recover this database.
I have found out that it was stored as db1, but can't find db1.

From what I have read in the posts so far.........I beleive I am doomed. :(

Thank you!!!

Bev Ferrazzi
 
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KARL DEWEY

You say "I have done a couple of system restores, I have searched for files
changed on that day to no success."

Ask you LAN/server folks to restore from the day before when there were
changes. Even if it was changed it could not backup if deleted. If you get
it then all you have lost is one days entry. Otherwise have them to restore
from the last full backup.
 
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rank

Are you on a network that each user has to sign on to? If so, maybe
you are just looking at a different desktop and the db may be on
another user's desktop or in another user's "My Documents" folder. If
you go to "C:\documents and settings" you should find all the users and
then you can check each one for the file on their desktop or in their
"My Documents" folder under their profiles. Or if admin settings
prevent you from doing that just try to sign on as the other users &
check their desktop & My Documents folder.
 
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