Is it possible to Repair DBF file?

Hello.
DBF Repair Toolbox restores corrupted DBF database files, used in FoxPro, Clipper, dBase and other programs. Software reads a corrupted database and saves a recovered data into new one.
https://www.repairtoolbox.com/dbfrepair.html

"Not a table" means more serious problem than TABLEVALIDATE can fix obviously. Also when DBF recovery fails the problem can be critical (if you have the DBF recovery which supports your DBF file format).

You should look at the DBF header via some hexa editor. You may even use the one from VFP:

DO HOME() + "Tools\HexEdit\HexEdit.app"

It will ask for a file opening so please select your DBF and post first two lines here or look at the DBF structure description in the VFP help.

First two lines (in hex editor) contain the file type, number of records, record size, last update etc. "Not a table" means the first byte was not recognized as valid DBF file marker.
Additional lines contain column descriptions each one in 16 bytes.

More info: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/st4a0s68(v=vs.80).aspx
Second easiest fix is use DBF Recovery Toolbox or some other applications. Search in Google. http://www.oemailrecovery.com/dbf_recovery.html

Use eRepair DBF is designed to be used by a wide range of users from the novice to the advanced user. The software has a user friendly interface that requires very little user interaction.

For more: http://dbf.erepairtools.com/

Try eRepair DBF works with a wide variety of database programs for recovering data from files that have become damaged or corrupt. eRepair DBF can recover the file structure which includes table fields that make up a DBF file, information contained in the memo fields, and a variety of records that are commonly included in DBF files.

For more: http://dbf.erepairtools.com/

A linked server is basically just a pointer that lets the code within your database interact with external data sources as if they were also within your database/instance. There are some examples here for creating linked servers to DBF Viewer Tool:
http://www.dbf.viewertool.com/
So for example if you had a linked server to a FoxPro database called MyFoxProDB you could run a query within SQL Server like this:
UPDATE t
SET t.foo = x.bar
FROM dbo.LocalTable AS t
INNER JOIN MyFoxProDB...TableName AS x
ON t.key = x.key;
You could also consider using OPENROWSET as described in this question:
http://www.filerepairforum.com/forum/databases/databases-aa/dbase-iv-clipper-foxpro/964-how-to-restore-a-corrupted-file

If you are not able to access database files, its means that your access database file is corrupted or damaged due to this reason your access file is inaccessible. To repair corrupt access database file, you can use compact and repair features. If this method is fail, then try access database recovery software. I have used access database recovery software many times and got 100% recovery back.
Find more information http://www.access.restoretools.com/

Completely - in any way. If you find also tbk the file - then is possible. bak is
backup copy of the dbf file, tbk - a backup copy of fpt (there a memo of a field are).
However you were perhaps lucky, and actually fpt the file wasn't cleared.
And it is possible "to restore" of course simple renaming of bak file into dbf file. Of course then have to be reindexed the table, and if the structure changed, in general, to recreate the indexes from scratch. and perhaps "to treat"
the container Database dbc/dct (if you use it of course).
If so it doesn't turn out, then try to restore through DBF Viewer Tool. It well restores.
http://www.dbf.viewertool.com/
Come here on a forum and look at councils for this subject is there.
http://www.filerepairforum.com/forum/databases/databases-aa/dbase-iv-clipper-foxpro/1355-help-to-repair-dbf-file

Good luck!

Repar database file.this is a function inside the camera menu. If database is corrupt because of erased files,like photos or videos deleted from a pc, then at backing up is trying to locate lost files. Remeber. Repair data base files. Or "repair DBF" inside menu.

At times, you may view that your MS Visual FoxPro 9.0 database is behaving abnormally. Some of the abnormal symptoms could be an error message while opening any database table, invalid characters in place of pre-defined values, and and more. The main reason for abnormal behavior of the database is its corruption due some logical crash. Few common reasons for corruption of MS Visual FoxPro 9.0 database are abnormal termination, faulty network devices, simultaneous modifications, conflicting third-party software, and incompatible service packs.
To overcome such database corruption scenarios, the user can use an up-to-date backup and perform restoration. However, restoration fails in cases where the user either forgets to create a database or the database backup itself gets damaged. In such cases, the database users can use a third-party DBF File Repair application to repair his/her corrupted database.
To illustrate the above case, consider a real-time scenario wherein you execute a query to modify your MS Visual FoxPro 9.0 database. While the query was performing the modification, the system shutdown due to power failure. However, the next time you tried to mount the database, you encountered an error message that did not allow you to access the database records. Moreover, the same error message appears every time you try to access the database.
Cause:
The root cause for the error message is MS Visual FoxPro 9.0 database corruption due to improper system shutdown.
Resolution:
The database corruption error message can be surmounted by following the below steps:
Use a complete database backup and perform restoration. However, in case of database backup unavailability, you will need to search for a commercial DBF File Repair utility.
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