Re: Lost INDEX files

This is arduous, but it's always worked for me: 1. Create a dummy table with exactly the same structure and indices as the corrupt one. 2. Copy the empty .idx file over the bad one. 3. bcheck -y the new idx file. HTH. >I recently had a problem when 5 or 6 tracks on the hard disk went bad. >The result was several index files (*.idx) disapeared. Is there any way to >rebuild the index files from the data files (*.dat). I copied an old index >file to replace the missing one. Although file status reported 150 rows for >one file; presumably from systables, running bcheck with the -s option >did not recreate the 150 rows. -- Cheers, Billy. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- billy.wheeler@pixie.co.za +27 11 803 2151 p.o. box 3463, rivonia, rsa, 2128 +27 83 250 2324 i'm schizophrenic: my opinions are not those of me -----------------------------------------------------------------------------