I know you can open *.dbf files in Access 97 as I had to do it frequently at my last job. I think that it only goes back to version 3 though. Prior to that you are SOL unless you have another ...

A corrupt dbf file gives this message when I try to open it: "Microsoft has stopped the process because you and another user are trying to change the same data at the same time."The message is ...

Advanced DBF Repair works even when the database application refuses to recognize the corrupt DBF file at all. The tool will quickly repair the database and restore as much data as possible.