>I got a free table that is about 27 Meg. RECORD count is zero.
I can open it, browse it, zap it, and pack it.
It seems odd that it would be 27 Meg with no data.

How can it be 27 Meg with no data?

Dean;

The chances are you have a bad table. More than likely an index got wiped out. You can work with the file - like copy it, try to open it and if you can, delete the index tags and recreate them. When I had this problem I ordered FoxFix and that saved the day.

Tom