I have a large data file (Q2003W) which I make a copy of and check for corruption twice a week. Yesterday, I got the following abnormal result from validate:
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QDF: Damaged data record. (repeated 73 times)
QSD: No error.
QEL: No read errors.
QEL: All internal consistency checks passed.
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A subsequent validation of the file shows no uncorrected errors. There are
44 accounts of various types in this file, and all 44 registers are in balance, with all totals matching the correct amounts. I then supervalidated a copy, which left all balances unchanged and seems good. The last-known-good file is 19,106KB, whereas the current one is 18,765KB. I'm presuming (hoping?) that the reduction is due to compression or clean-up.It would take me about 10 hours of manual work to restore the last backup, identify the various transactions which have occurred in the last three days, and come back to the current position. I'm trying to assess the risk of continuing with the file as is, since everything I can see looks fine.
Could John or some of you other more experienced users with such things offer any insight? What kind of damage might have been fixed which doesn't affect registers or account balances? What might rise up and bite me later if I carry on?
Thanks very much for any and all opinions.