Rectifying “Could not find field ‘Description’” Error Message

A corrupted MS Access database primarily results into an error message. Few main causes for corruption of Access database can be MS office malfunctioning, operating system crash, multiple users accessing the database at one particular time and more. Once the database is corrupted, it becomes unmountable making all the data saved in the database inaccessible. To overcome these data loss situations, an ideal solution is to restore the data from an up-to-date backup. However, if no backup is available or backup fails to restore the required data, then you need to opt for powerful access recovery application.

As a practical scenario, you convert your Access 2000 database to Access 2002 database. After the conversion process is over and you attempt to mount the database, you view that the database has been corrupted. In addition you encounter any of the below error messages:

"Error #3799"
Or
"Could not find field 'Description'"

Data saved in the database becomes inaccessible after any of the above error messages appear.

Cause:

The root cause for the occurrence of the above error message is corruption of Access database after conversion.

Resolution:

To resolve the above error messages and access the data saved in the database, you need to use an inbuilt repair utility named "Compact and Repair." To do this, you will need to follow these steps:

1. Go to the Tools menu, select Database Utilities and then click Compact and Repair Database.
2. Locate and then click the database in the ‘Database to Compact From' dialog box, and then click Compact.
3. Select an appropriate folder location for the new file in the ‘Compact Database Into' dialog box, type a unique name for the file and then click on Save.

If "Compact and Repair" utility is unable to resolve your issue, then you need to import all the database objects to a new Access database. In most cases, importing the databases objects completely resolves the above issue. But, if you still receive any of the above error messages after importing the database objects, then you will need to recover the data by using powerful Access Recovery utility. These access database repair tools use high end scanning mechanisms to completely scan and repair the corrupted database.

Stellar Phoenix Access Recovery is the foremost Access Database Repair application. This read only utility can restore and Repair Access database applications including queries, forms, reports, macros and modules. The tool supports Microsoft Access 2007, 2003, 2002 (XP) and 2000. It is compatible with Windows Vista, XP, 2003, 2000 and NT.