Hey,

>> you should at least turn on forced writes so that changes are
>> written to the disk immediately (just in case you have not already done that).

> Where do I find that setting?

If you do not know where to find the setting, forced writes are
probably on, as this is the default setting of Firebird IIRC.

If you want to find out, check this:
http://www.firebirdsql.org/manual/gfix-sync.html



Cheers,
Christian