In message <v7j5KOA1yYG+Ew3x@...>, Pete Clark
<computergenius@...> writes

>In message <031201c2b581$39165a10$0a02a8c0@seal>, Martijn Tonies
><m.tonies@...> writes
>>> I just hope that this is what I should be doing - remember, the
>>> original problem was that I could not back up the database.
>>

I have just found this document, which goes thru it step by step...
...(I hope!)

http://community.borland.com/article/interbase/trbshot_recover_db_corrup
t.pdf

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Pete Clark