I ended up letting it run all night and that fixed the problem. I did not know about the limitation though, so thanks for that info! --Bob On 10/31/06 11:25 PM, "Linda" <XPressoBean at mac.com> wrote: > On 10/31/06 11:16 PM, Bob Aldridge wrote: > >> Version X. Not 2004. > > In v2004, there are three choices when you hold down the option key -- > compact database, typical rebuild, and a more extensive rebuild. I don't > remember whether vX had those choices -- if it did, you might try one of the > other choices and see if you can get through it. > > How big is the database? vX had a limitation of 2GB; if you hit that > number, your database was done for, literally. (v2004 removed that > limitation, for future reference -- not that it helps you right now.) > > ~Linda > > > _______________________________________________ > X4U mailing list > X4U at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984