The Target Chaining errors occur immediately after running a Quickbooks rebuild on a corrupted data file. After you run a verify, Quickbooks will display one or more of the following messages:

• Verify.c (4620) : CHECKPOINT: 1104: Target Chaining: Target 0000000 in transaction 0000000, points to 'next' target 0000000 which is NOT in that transaction
• Verify.c (4747) : CHECKPOINT: 3544: Target Chaining: Next target pointer error in transaction 0000000
• Verify.c (4499) : CHECKPOINT: 2852: Target Chaining: More than one source target on transaction 0000000, starting with target 0000000
• verify.c (4756) : CHECKPOINT: 2852: Target Chaining: Next target pointer error in transaction 0000000, on target 0000000 (points to target 0)
• verify.c (9593) : CHECKPOINT: 2852: !Link Error Code: 00020(HEX), BILL-CHK, linkRecNum = ######, sibling = ######, key (m1) = ######, tOne = ######, mTwo = ######, tTwo = ######

Data Recovery for Quickbooks Target Chaining Errors

Target chaining errors are permanent and cannot be repaired. However, data can be copied to a new data data file using a data migration service. To enquire about the service, please use the form below.
*Quickbooks Target Chaining error remediation services are not included in the Quickbooks Standard/Expedited Recovery Service.