mysql: error code 1034 incorrect key file for table

this error was displayed while trying to access one of my tables

MySQL error code 1034 (ER_NOT_KEYFILE): Incorrect key file for table '%-.200s'; try to repair it

both # myisamcheck -o <table name> and mysql> repair table <table name>; didn't work.

had to recreate my table from an sql dump file xP