No change to the recovery model were made during the optimization job.

All the data in the table was removed.

Note the table has a single primary key which is also a clustered index.

Thanks for the response. The data has been removed from the table. I'd be very suprised if the re-index and or space removal operation was responsible.

I guess I'm looking for...

I took the question literally and failed...

I'll learn to read the question...