3.In 100 % of cases, after the corruption is there, a browse shows this :
After the file is opened without (or with) Index attached, and we set Refresh to 1,1, we can see the lost data appearing ad disappearing at the bottom of the file. Appearing occurs in various (in)complete forms, IOW, portions of the original data are fed to the random PC opening the file (could also be several PC's at the same time).
[if you recognize this, just stop reading and please let me know.]


Peter, I have witnessed the above event using FPW2.6 and a Novell 5 server.

Having encountered my share of head-pounding data corruption issues, maybe I can offer something to this discussion, maybe not...

If you have any specific questions or lines of thought that I can contribute to please advise. For now I'm just refresh my memory as it has been a number of years since I was in that environment (though the app still lives and breathes on a Novell server to this day.)