You should make a backup copy of your wallet.dat file, and then try restarting with the command-line option -salvagewallet. Alternately, you can restore a wallet.dat backup - you do have a backup, right?
I've already made a copy of wallet.dat, but have done so after I've started getting the error.
Unforuntately I don't have an earlier backup. There's less than .1 BTC in the wallet, so if that's all it costs to learn how to properly store and protect my bitcoin, I'll view this as still coming out ahead.
Should I go ahead with the command-line option despite no earlier backup, or is it a moot point since there's no earlier backup? Sorry, I'm still a newbie.
