how to repair the database?

[nicekit]

i was adding files into the library from a CD..
suddenly the PC rebooted from a bugcheck.....

now i cannot turn on my mediamonkey...
it said that the database is corrupted and need to be repair

please help

Thanks

Kit

[Guest]

From Control Panel, double click ODBC Data Sources.

From the User dsn tab, select MediaMonkey and click Configure.

Now click on Repair...

Make sure that MediaMonkey.mdb is selected and click OK.

NB I've never had to use this, so I don't know how it'll turn out. But it's worth a go! If it doesn't sort it out, then you'll probably have to rescan the library from scratch. It's always worth keeping a backup of the Library in future - just in case.

Good luck.

[trixmoto]

Also, if you delete the MediaMonkey.mdb file then MM will create a new one, so this will fix your problem but you'll have lost any information you had stored in the database.

[Lowlander]

You can also try to open MediaMonkey.mdb from My Music/MediaMonkey in MS Access and use Tools > Database utilities > Compact and Repair Database. Of course this only works if the database still opens in MS Access.

[redsix]

"Guest," I started having database problems today (had this for a long time, never any problems until today); I tried your method and everything works like a charm again. no stupid error messages!! just wanted to say thanks, much appreciated!