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Can Recovery for FileMaker repair my FileMaker database?

What limitations does the demo version of Recovery for FileMaker have?

I have tried the demo. How do I decide whether to purchase the full version of Recovery for FileMaker?

What are the differences between product licenses?

Why do results of recovery contain less data than the original FileMaker database?

Running Recovery for FileMaker from command line (through Windows Start -> Run menu).

After successful recovery of the original database a new .DBF file is created. What is the procedure for transferring data from this temporary file to a database?

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Q: Can Recovery for FileMaker repair my FileMaker database?
A:

The effective way to find out if a FileMaker database is recoverable is to try the demo version of Recovery for FileMaker on it. Visit the Demo page for a free copy of the demo.

Product specifications with lists of items recovered and not recovered is available at the Product Information page.

Note: Always backup your original corrupted FileMaker database before proceeding with any recovery activity!

 
Q: What limitations does the demo version of Recovery for FileMaker have?
A: Demo version recovers limited number of the database rows. The remaining rows will be blank. Full version will restore demo-limited rows as well.

Please, note that no additional records or tables will be recovered by commercial version of Recovery for FileMaker if not present in demo output.

 
Q: I have tried the demo. How do I decide whether to purchase the full version of Recovery for FileMaker?
A:

Evaluating the results of demo recovery can help in making the decision.

 
Q: What are the differences between product licenses?
A:

Details of current licensing scheme are described at the Licensing page.

 
Q: Why do results of recovery contain less data than the original FileMaker database?
A: This is normal. The damaged parts of your FileMaker database will convert to zero size on output. The other common reason of file size decrease is when some of features of the original database are not supported and therefore absent from the recovered database.
Demo-recovered database is smaller because it mostly consists of demo placeholders than actual data.
 
Q: Running Recovery for FileMaker from command line (through Windows Start -> Run menu).
A:

If your license type is Enterprise or Service, you can run Recovery for FileMaker from command line and use these calls in your batch files. Standard version does not support command line. The format for command line call is:

fmr.exe <original filename with path> "<path to directory to store the recovered file(s)>"
(without angle brackets).

Please note that the directory for recovered file(s) should be created before starting the recovery.

Command line mode supports patterns '*' (replaces group of symbols) and '?' (replaces one symbol).

 
Q: After successful recovery of the original database a new .DBF file is created. What is the procedure for transferring data from this temporary file to a database?
A:

You should simply import data from the resulting file in .DBF format into a new database.

 

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