NOTE TO ALL: There is a Bug Fix for Bitcoin-QT wallet correcting a problem with the blockchain becoming corrupted. Download ver. 0.8.5. If you open QT and get a message that the blockchain file is corrupted it is best to not do a re-index. Shut down QT, download the new version and run. That should fix the problem without the wait(long) to re-index.
Wish I'd seen that
before my looooong wait to re-index :p
Happily, getting my Eruptors in this group buy did not entail a long wait, and they're happily hashing. Thanks, SSB