MYSQL – How to Repair Tables
January 20th, 2009
Source: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/repair.html
The discussion in this section describes how to use myisamchk on MyISAM tables (extensions .MYI and .MYD).
You can also (and should, if possible) use the CHECK TABLE and REPAIR TABLE statements to check and repair MyISAM tables. See Section 12.5.2.3, “CHECK TABLE Syntax”, and Section 12.5.2.6, “REPAIR TABLE Syntax”.
Symptoms of corrupted tables [...]