I'm getting the same error too. SET TABLEVALIDATE TO 0 doesn't help. I can restore the table from the backup, but there was lots of activities after this.

Any ideas of fixing the problem?

Thanks in advance.

>>Hi,
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>>I have got a problem with a FPT file (missing or invalid FPT file ) Does anyone know how to get data from the table with the related FPT. It does not matter if the FPT data disapears..but the DBF table data are important...
>>I know there is a lot of repair programs - but also a lot that simply does not work on all kind of faults...
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>>Regards...
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>If you don't mind losing the data in the FPT, I would try

>lnValidate=Set("TableValidate")
>SET TABLEVALIDATE TO 0
>Use yourtable exclusive
>copy to tempfile
>zap
>append from tempfile
>SET TABLEVALIDATE TO lnValidate

>NB! Make a backup first, just in case...