topic Unable to open gdb file in Data Management Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/unable-to-open-gdb-file/m-p/517987#M29376 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I am unable to open gdb file in arcgis 9.3,9.3.1,10.0---</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>the gdb was given in a pen drive and was copied onto server.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>None of the gdb is opening, files with extension .gdb exist in windows explorer</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>but in arcgis it is not detecting any gdb.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 30 May 2011 07:14:50 GMT venkatasivarampatiballa 2011-05-30T07:14:50Z Unable to open gdb file https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/unable-to-open-gdb-file/m-p/517987#M29376 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I am unable to open gdb file in arcgis 9.3,9.3.1,10.0---</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>the gdb was given in a pen drive and was copied onto server.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>None of the gdb is opening, files with extension .gdb exist in windows explorer</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>but in arcgis it is not detecting any gdb.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 30 May 2011 07:14:50 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/unable-to-open-gdb-file/m-p/517987#M29376 venkatasivarampatiballa 2011-05-30T07:14:50Z Re: Unable to open gdb file https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/unable-to-open-gdb-file/m-p/517988#M29377 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>If ArcGIS does not regognize the directory as a file geodatabase, then the copy</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>process has corrupted the data. The safest way to transport file geodatabases</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>is probably as a zip archive, which will make sure all the files are there and that</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>they have passed checksum on restoration.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN> </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>In my experience, </SPAN><A href="http://www.7-zip.org/">7-zip</A><SPAN> is *much* faster at compressing and decompressing</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>zip files than native Windows capabilities.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN> </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>- V</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 30 May 2011 13:00:18 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/unable-to-open-gdb-file/m-p/517988#M29377 VinceAngelo 2011-05-30T13:00:18Z