Hello,

> >
> > Thanks in advance for any help
>
> Perhaps a temp directory issue? Firebird might write temp files into the
> file system when creating indices etc. Possibly:
>
> - There is no temp directory
> - There is not enough space on the disk with the temp directory
> - You (firebird) doesn't have proper privileges to write into the temp
> directory
>

If it will not help, look at IBBackupSurgeon
http://ib-aid.com/products/firebird_interbase/IBBackupSurgeon
It was designed to save data from corrupted backups.

Regards,
Alexey Kovyazin
IBSurgeon


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