How to fix Access Database Error: 'Database needs to be repaired'?

Published by Jacob Martin on March 15, 2014

MS Access database is very efficient database but it can also get corrupt very easily and a corrupted Access file display error message. If it displays ‘Database needs to be repaired’ then you have to repair access database by applying any manual method or repair tool. This error is generally followed by two other messages given below:

But along with these two error message there are many other messages displayed by a corrupted or damaged MS Access database. The reason of corruption is same but the repairing method is different for different errors or corruption.

How do you know if a database is corrupt?

If anyone you see while operating database then it is sure that access database gets corrupt and need to repair it.

• “Unrecognized database format” – This error message occurs when database was working under your existing version of Access before.
• “Enter database password” – If password is not set in the access file but it display ‘Enter database password” message then it is sure that database needs to repair.
• “The Microsoft Jet Database Engine cannot open the file”- This happens when the file gets damaged internally and due to this jet database engine unable to open it.
• “Unexpected Error 35012”
• “You do not have the necessary permissions to open this object. Please contact your system administrator.”
• ‘Microsoft Access has encountered a problem and needs to close’
• Operation failed – too many indexes – reduce the number and try again
• Failure to open/failure to show error
• “Invalid field data type” — 3259
• “Record(s) can’t be read, no read permissions on ‘database.mdb’”  — 3112
• “Could not find field ‘xxx’” — 1017
• “Invalid Bookmark” — 3159
• “You cannot carry out this action at the present time” — 2486
• “Record is deleted”
• “The database has been placed in a state by user ‘xxx’ on machine ‘mmm’ that prevents it from being opened or locked” — 3704
• “Needs to be repaired” and “Not a valid password”  (after repairing) — 2239
• “The database has been placed in an unexpected state.” or “This database is in an unexpected state; Microsoft Access can’t open it.”
• “Disk Error — Reserved error (-1601)” –3000
• “Table ‘TempMSysAccessObjects’ already exists.”
• “Record(s) cannot be read; no read permission on ‘MSysAccessObjects’” or Record(s) cannot be read; no read permission on ‘MSysACEs’. — 3112
• “Operation invalid without current index” — 3019
• “disk or network error” — 3043
• “Unspecified Error”
• “The instruction at “0x11111111” referenced memory at “0x22222222”. The memory could not be “written”
• The Visual Basic for Applications project in the database is corrupt.
• “Microsoft Access has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.”
• “AOIndex is not an index in this table”.

All these error messages show that the Access database file has encountered some internal problem due to whatever reason. It can properly recognize the meanings and basic structures of your access database, faces some issues while reading table definition or table data. MS Access is very brilliant database and loaded with internal repair mechanism, when it unable to read any table due to corruption then it apply the internally repair mechanism to fix corruption. And if the internal mechanism fails to repair corrupt table definitions then it will show error message and terminate the operation.

How to fix Error Message and a Corrupt Access Database?

If the error message continuously displayed by your access database and you unable to fix access errors after applying manual method or restoring your database by using backup file then apply   an efficient Access database recovery software. It is very reliable repair tool that able to fix all types of access errors by using superior and extremely safe repair mechanisms.

If you want to recover or troubleshoot database corruption then this tool will also help you it scans the corrupt file and retrieve all the components of database with their original attributes and relationships intact. This access recovery tool can efficiently recover deleted or corrupted records from tables, linked tables, triggers, indexes, constraints, queries, etc.

steps to fix the error:

Step 1:Download and install Stellar Phoenix Access recovery software.

Step 2: Just click on “Open MS access file” button on the toolbar. You will find a pop-up window from where you can search or select for an ‘.mdb’/’.accdb’ file in your PC.

Step 3: Look at the image below you will find same image in your computer screen. With the help of this “Customers” table you will be able to view both the data and column information.

Step 4:Preview the column information of “Employees” table.

Step 5: Now you will the preview of database query.

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