Importing Access Database into File Geodatabase??

[MichelleCouden1]

I am trying to import an Access database into a file Geodatabase. I have the Access database saved as extension.mdb. When I go to add db connections in ArcCatalog it doesn't like the Access database upon connection. Is there another way to load an Access database or what could be wrong with my Access database??

[Robert_LeClair]

ArcGIS for Desktop will read *.mdb databases natively in the software.  Just make a folder connection to the C: drive or where it's stored.  Create a new file geodatabase and drag/drop the tables from the Access to the file geodatabase.  Creating a db connection is for ArcSDE geodatabases...

Regards,

Robert LeClair
Esri-Denver