I agree with Tore. Something must have changed for this to suddenly become a regular occurrence. Have you tried doing a System Restore?

We are all grabbing at straws here. I know how aggravating these things can be. Please let us know what it was, will you? Good luck!

>Tore --
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>(1) My hardware configuration has not changed in many months -- probably more than a year.
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>(2) It happens on many forms. And not necessarily the first time I work on it; I can be modifying and testing it, opening and saving it repeatedly, and it will suddenly fail.
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>I have seen no pattern whatsoever in the problems.
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>>Jim,
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>>1. did you change any hardware on your computer?
>>2. does this happen on only one form, or on many forms?
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>>>Neil -- Certain corruption?
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>>>I am just wondering if it is so certain, how come I went for years without encountering it, and now seem to be encountering it almost daily (starting maybe a month ago).
>>>
>>>Jim
>>>
>>>>Write caching = random corruption
>>>>Write caching + real virus scanning = certain corruption
>>>>
>>>>>OK, those look like very detailed instructions. Write caching is enabled for the disk where my apps live. How is that relevant?
>>>>>
>>>>>>Turn Disk Write Caching On or Off
>>>>>>
>>>>>>1. Right-click My Computer, and then click Properties.
>>>>>>2. Click the Hardware tab, and then click Device Manager.
>>>>>>3. Expand Disk Drives.
>>>>>>4. Right-click the drive on which you want to turn disk write caching on or off, and then click Properties.
>>>>>>5. Click the Policies tab.
>>>>>>6. Clear the Enable write caching on the disk check box as appropriate.
>>>>>>7. Click OK.
>>>>>>8. Restart the Computer.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I have absolutely no idea. I have never done anything with write caching, nor do I know how to.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Is write caching disabled on all HDD in the system?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>I've been getting the following error message every day or so:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Memo File (Form-Name).SCT is missing or invalid.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>This occurs after I have been working on a form, when I try to save it. It's not the same form every time or anything, so I can see no pattern.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Now, obviously, the SCT had to exist when I opened the form to edit it, and I can see that it exists, so it must have become invalid.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>How can that happen, if I am saving it???