CS4 601 Unrecoverable Indexing Error in INDEXING.RPLN

Question

I have a 100 page document with indexes.
It appears to be having indexing problems. With at least one index entry, when I try to delete that index, Indesign just crashes in the INDEXING.RPLN module.
If I try to output the file to an INX file to reload, it again crashed in the StackHash_fd00 module.
When I open the indd file, it allows me to attempt to "recover" the file, but later just says, "the file may be damaged."
This file has problems under XP and Vista.
Worst, case, is there any way to delete all the index entries and start again?
Any ideas?
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Answer 1

OK. I have even gone so far as to delete all the pages in the document (so I can preserve my Master Pages) and save as a TEMPLATE.
Now if I open that new template file, and check on indexes, I still have the full set of indexes (but no pages or text). It will still generate a full index bases on ZERO pages. There is one particular index entry that will crash INDESIGN CS4 601 100% of the time when I try to delete it.
I tried to remove all indexes from the document with a find/replace using the pullout menu item of index entry (^I) but it returns NOT FOUND.
Is there any way to just kill off the index? Argh!