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 Power
outage or brownout. Buy and install a UPS (uninterruptible
power supply) for the server and ALL workstations
that run the database. It's the best investment you can make in the health of
your computer and database.
Shutting
off or rebooting the client computer or server
without closing the database. This can be a result
of your database program freezing, or another
program freezing the computer when your database
is open in another window, forcing you to reboot
the computer. Or it can be caused by a user who
doesn't understand the importance of Start, Shut
Down and simply turns the power off.
Talk with each user and ask them whether they
have been experiencing problems with their computer
that force them to reboot. You need to solve
the root problem, which may or may not be your
database program.
Bad
network connection. This could be a hardware
or software problem that disconnects the user
from the server while the database is open. The
symptoms would be "Error opening file", "Cannot
find file on drive F", "Error reading
drive F:"
etc. One user's bad connection
can corrupt the database for everyone.
Again, you must solve the root problem. Try to
narrow down the time and circumstance when
the network error occurs.
Hard
disk problem. Hard drives are much more reliable these
days, but occasionally there is a bad spot on the hard
drive.
Run a hard disk diagnostic program to find and
correct errors. Try "moving"
your data by copying the data folder to a new folder
and using that new folder instead. Don't delete
the original folder, just rename it.
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Miami Shores, FL 33138
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