>due to files cross-linking.

Hi Glenn:

Thank you for your response.

>due to files cross-linking.
What does this mean?

>Have you run Scandisk or it's equivalent?
No. Would doing so rectify the problem?

>If two files are sharing the same cluster this can happen.
How does one avoid this?

>I'm not sure if this type of failure can occur on NTFS volumes, but I know it can on FAT or FAT32 volumes.

The datafiles reside on a Compaq PC (recently purchased) and I think the OS is Windows XP.

Thanks:)