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Atlioddsson at 08:14, 26 August 2015

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Atlioddsson at 08:13, 26 August 2015

2015-08-26T08:13:37Z

Atlioddsson: Created page with " In very rare cases, you may encounter a database corruption. There are multiple possible reasons for that (e.g. Windows crash, hard drive problems etc.). TimeSnapper tries t..."

2015-08-26T08:12:13Z

Created page with " In very rare cases, you may encounter a database corruption. There are multiple possible reasons for that (e.g. Windows crash, hard drive problems etc.). TimeSnapper tries t..."

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In very rare cases, you may encounter a database corruption. There are multiple possible reasons for that (e.g. Windows crash, hard drive problems etc.). TimeSnapper tries to fix this automatically but sometimes it is not possible.

Here is a typical error when that happens:
database file appears corrupt ()
bad checksum
checksum error on database page xxxxxx

Unfortunately in this case, you will need to start with a fresh database, in which case you will lose some information. These are the steps you need to perform:

* Click Start -> Run
* Paste in: %localappdata%\Timesnapper\Database
* Click OK => this should open the location where TimeSnapper database is located.
* Rename the database file, e.g. from "TIMESNAPPER.FDB" to "TIMESNAPPER - CORRUPT.FDB" (make sure TimeSnapper isn't running)
* Start TimeSnapper again => TimeSnapper will recreate a new database and you will need to re-register the license
* Re-configure TimeSnapper as you prefer (don't forget to set the Auto-clean up as you want to have it - so it doesn't delete any images)
* Import the images

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 * Click OK => this should open the location where TimeSnapper database is located.
 * Rename the database file, e.g. from "TIMESNAPPER.FDB" to "TIMESNAPPER - CORRUPT.FDB"  (make sure TimeSnapper isn't running)
-* Start TimeSnapper again => TimeSnapper will recreate a new database and you will need to re-register the license
+* Start TimeSnapper again
-* Re-configure TimeSnapper as you prefer (don't forget to set the Auto-clean up as you want to have it - so it doesn't delete any images)
+** TimeSnapper will recreate a new database and you will need to re-register the license
 * Import the old images using ''Tools -> Advanced -> Import Images from Older version''
-  * Or if you had encrypted images, you will need to look at: [[Import Encrypted Images]]
+** Or if you had encrypted images, you will need to look at: [[Import Encrypted Images]]