I am not @OP, but I used google and found the suggested link BEFORE I found this thread, and many many others. And I have yet to find anything that really explains in detail what salvagewallet does, and how you actually get old coins out of a corrupt wallet with it, and into a fresh wallet. I'll keep searching but most of what you get with a google search is "i tried salvagewallet and it didn't work, now what?"