Thanks much. I'll give them a try.

>>Hi All -- A friend had a FP2.6 app running when the power went out. The computer crashed and now a couple of DBFs are corrupted. Is there a way to recover the data short of writing a prg to read through the file using low-level file commands?
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>Try these:
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>ATFixDbfFpt 1.5a, all xBases supported. File #9930
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>and
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>Crashed tables rebuilder File #9264
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>Make a backup of the files before you start!
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