Extract text from Database backup files (ZDB)
To convert ZDB Backups to another format, you need ACT! CRM or other Database software.
To convert other file formats to the "CRM Backup or Clipboard Database" file type, you need software like ACT! CRM or a similar tool.
The .zdb file extension is used for multiple distinct purposes, most notably as an ACT! CRM database backup file, a clipboard history database for the Ditto Clipboard Manager, or a game map zone file for classic NovaLogic Delta Force games. In the context of CRM software, a .zdb file is typically a standard ZIP archive containing the core relational database and associated user data. For Ditto, it functions as a GZIP compressed database storing copied text, images, and HTML snippets.
Users often encounter .zdb files when migrating legacy CRM systems, recovering crashed clipboard histories, or modding older video games. The primary disadvantage of these files is their lack of universal support. A raw .zdb file from ACT! requires a paid, active subscription to the original software to properly restore the contacts and notes. Similarly, game data files are highly proprietary and useless outside the original game engine. They cannot be opened directly in modern web browsers or standard spreadsheet tools like Microsoft Excel.
To extract useful information, you generally need to convert these files to accessible formats. If the .zdb is a CRM backup, renaming the extension to zip or extracting it to csv or sql is the best target to salvage customer records, though strict formatting and relational links might break during the export. Ditto databases can theoretically be exported to txt or html to read old, saved clipboard entries.
Unfortunately, because the .zdb extension acts as a generic container for completely different proprietary schemas, standard online converters often fail to process it. The files are heavily tied to the original software's internal logic. If our analysis detects a supported underlying format - like a standard ZIP or GZIP archive - extraction, viewing, or conversion may still be seamlessly possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your ZDB file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
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If you want to convert ZDB file to DB, SQLITE, SQLITE3, MDB, ACCDB, DBF, ODB, FDB, GDB, MYD, FRM or SQL, you can use ACT! CRM or similar software from the "Database Backup and Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert NDF, SQLITE3, BAK, RDB, SQL, DB4, MDF, MDB, LDF, DB, DB3 or SQLITE files to ZDB, try ACT! CRM or another comparable tool in the "Database Backup and Storage" category.
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