| Subject | Re: DBT files |
| From | Bob McKinney <bmckinney721@comcast.net> |
| Date | Sat, 17 Feb 2018 16:30:05 -0500 |
| Newsgroups | dbase.getting-started |
Hi Heinz: Correct for the Name. I tried entering [ *.dbt ] and that brought up only dbt files. Evidently not the ight one. My Question is, can a new dbt file be created ant then manually re-enter the data from the table notes? Thanks again Heinz............Bob >Heinz Kesting Wrote: > Hi Bob, > > Hi All: Using DB2.8 w/WIN10. When cleaning out old files, I made the mistake of deleting my DBT files. I am not a guru of remembering names, but one of you told me to recapture them from "garbage bin " which I did w/about 90% recovery. > > I guess it was me ... > > > Question: How can I rebuild the missing ones. Looking at the DBF file I can see the contents that I would like to recover, but I don't have a clue "how". > > > > Use the windows files explorer, go to the garbage bin in question > (remember there are recylce bins for every drive), double click the > recylcle folder which will open the folder and show all the files that > are still there. > By clicking on the header of the name's column you can arrange the files > in alphabetical order, if not so by befault. > Help yourself to the wanted DBT file, right click the file and select > "Recover". > Alternatively, there's a search field in the upper right corner, where > you type in the file name of the DBF file to which you are looking for > its corresponding DBT file. > > The files that are not found in here are gone for good to digital heaven > already, only pretty professional software and technicians may be able > to rescue them from being lost for ever. > > Crossing my fingers and hoping for the best ... > > Kind regards, Heinz | |