>>>We have a large table which has given the message "Table '< tablename >' has been corrupted. The table will need to be repaired before using again.
>>>
>>>There is no memo file associated with this table.
>>>
>>>My experience with repair tools is that they have not been very useful.
>>>Has that been your experience as well?
>>
>>We get this occasionally and sometimes the following works. I have no idea why but it may be worth a shot. In the command window we.......

>>CLOSE DATA ALL
>>SET TABLEVALIDATE TO 0
>>USE < tablename >
>>GO BOTT
>>BROWSE
>>
>>< append some blank records > &&anywhere from 3-5 records seems to work
>>< delete those records >
>>CLOSE DATA ALL
>>SET TABLEVALIDATE TO yourvalue

>>
>>This was a trick that was passed to me by the previous programmer. I have no clue why it works, but in most cases it does the job
>
>I've never used TableValidate for a table not belonging to a database. I know I didn't state that earlier but I was curious. Does that work for stand alone tables as well.

Yes, the above technique works for simple corruptions in free tables as well as in DB tables.