ive been working on a new db in access 2010 so its a accdb file, but my computer went down i managed to copied the db onto another computer which ive now installed access 2007 to, but when i try to open it i get the message unrecognised database format, is there anyone of you wonderful lot ( notice the sucking up going on here) that could retreive this data. please help someone. and yes i know its my own fault for not backing it up, i will never make that mistake again.