Salvaging damaged dBASE files : step-by-step procedures for recovering data and restoring damaged files /

Heiser, Paul W.

Salvaging damaged dBASE files : step-by-step procedures for recovering data and restoring damaged files / Paul W. Heiser - Second Edition - California : Microtrend Books, c1989 - xxix, 299 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Includes index.

1. Anatomy of a file -- 2. Understanding dBase datafiles -- 3. dBase memo fields and files -- 4. Disk directories and file allocation tables -- 5. File fragmentation -- 6. The ODS utility CHKDSK -- 7. Lost clusters -- 8. Tools -- 9. ZAP'd datafiles -- 10. Un-erasing files: what you get may not what you expect.

This book is for anyone who uses dBase, FoxBase, clipper, dBXL, or any database management software that uses dbase's DBF datafile format.

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DATA BASE MANAGEMENT

QA 76.9 .H45 1989