Indexes Larger Than Four Gigabytes May Become Corrupted

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This article was previously published under Q258075

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SYMPTOMS

If the index that is used by the Windows 2000 Indexing service exceeds four gigabytes (GB) in size, it may become corrupted, which may cause data loss.

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RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260910 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/260910/EN-US/ ) How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack

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STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 1.

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