# mysqlcheck -p -A --auto-repair --optimize
wp_1_options
info : Found block with too small length at 17732; Skipped
info : Wrong block with wrong total length starting at 17776
info : Found block with too small length at 28776; Skipped
warning : Number of rows changed from 444 to 441
status : OK
Cleaning up the mess after a hardware failure can suck. This mysqlcheck output is from the wp_options table for this blog. Unfortunately, if the options table is unreadable, all of WordPress panics and fails to load.