It is very common that a data base application cannot access a database file
when it is on the CD. Copy the file to a folder on the hard disk.
Right-click the file and select properties - make sure that Read Only is not
set. Then try accessing the file again.
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Jeff Richards
MS MVP (DTS)
"Fran" wrote in message
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(Windows 98) I reformatted my C disk. I backed up data on
a floppy disk, but when restoring found the data to be no
good. Also saved the data file to CD. When I tried to
open that data file, got this message:

Unable to open herd database. The Microsoft Jet database
engine cannot open the file "I:\MyHerds\NewHerddata.hrd".
It is alreday opened exclusively by another user or you
need permission to view its data.

It is my data and no one is using it. Is there a way to
get around this?

The data is lost?? Crocodile tears.