Invalid partition table

sounds as though the boot sector of your drive is damaged beyond repair

"AlphaWoolf" wrote in message
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On 6 Nov 2006 15:06:04 -0800, "jj92_2" wrote:

Get GParted or Knoppix - burn a CD from the ISO image - use the tools
supplied.

/JJ

Well, after repartitioning the drive on my good machine, I've
attempted to load Windows back in the original box. Windows Setup got
to the point where it needed to reboot. At that point it came back
with the same invalid partiton error again. Now, both Windows Setup
and Recovery Console blue screen with the following error:

STOP: 0x00000024 (0x001902FE, 0xF7CAA814, 0xF7CAA510, 0xF74281FC)
ntfs.sys - Address F74281FC base at F741B000, Datestamp 41107eea

I'm going to put the drive back in my good machine and check it out
but I don't have much hope for this scenario. Previously the drive
had repartitioned and copied data for hours on the other PC without a
hitch. SMART diagnostics show good too. I'm thinking either buy a
new drive or a controller card?

Alphawoolf

On Tue, 07 Nov 2006 13:38:00 +0000, AlphaWoolf thoughtfully wrote:

On 6 Nov 2006 15:06:04 -0800, "jj92_2" wrote:

Get GParted or Knoppix - burn a CD from the ISO image - use the tools
supplied.

/JJ

Well, after repartitioning the drive on my good machine, I've attempted to
load Windows back in the original box. Windows Setup got to the point
where it needed to reboot. At that point it came back with the same
invalid partiton error again. Now, both Windows Setup and Recovery
Console blue screen with the following error:

STOP: 0x00000024 (0x001902FE, 0xF7CAA814, 0xF7CAA510, 0xF74281FC) ntfs.sys
- Address F74281FC base at F741B000, Datestamp 41107eea

I'm going to put the drive back in my good machine and check it out but I
don't have much hope for this scenario. Previously the drive had
repartitioned and copied data for hours on the other PC without a hitch.
SMART diagnostics show good too. I'm thinking either buy a new drive or a
controller card?

Alphawoolf
There are some boot utilities like MBRtool which allow you to rebuild the
MBR on the hd. I know the Ultimate Boot CD (UBCD) has that and other
tools.

Did you post output from a fdisk -l ? Or something showing the
partitions? Did you clean the Windows CD, maybe the problem is the CD
and not the hd?

On Tue, 07 Nov 2006 17:15:09 GMT, jaster wrote:

On Tue, 07 Nov 2006 13:38:00 +0000, AlphaWoolf thoughtfully wrote:

On 6 Nov 2006 15:06:04 -0800, "jj92_2" wrote:

Get GParted or Knoppix - burn a CD from the ISO image - use the tools
supplied.

/JJ

Well, after repartitioning the drive on my good machine, I've attempted to
load Windows back in the original box. Windows Setup got to the point
where it needed to reboot. At that point it came back with the same
invalid partiton error again. Now, both Windows Setup and Recovery
Console blue screen with the following error:

STOP: 0x00000024 (0x001902FE, 0xF7CAA814, 0xF7CAA510, 0xF74281FC) ntfs.sys
- Address F74281FC base at F741B000, Datestamp 41107eea

I'm going to put the drive back in my good machine and check it out but I
don't have much hope for this scenario. Previously the drive had
repartitioned and copied data for hours on the other PC without a hitch.
SMART diagnostics show good too. I'm thinking either buy a new drive or a
controller card?

Alphawoolf
There are some boot utilities like MBRtool which allow you to rebuild the
MBR on the hd. I know the Ultimate Boot CD (UBCD) has that and other
tools.

Did you post output from a fdisk -l ? Or something showing the
partitions? Did you clean the Windows CD, maybe the problem is the CD
and not the hd?

I bought a new HD. Halfway through Windows Setup the system rebooted
and the drive now reports - you guessed it - invalid partition table.
Rather than buying more components and swapping them in an attempt to
find the faulty piece I've taken it to a shop for diagnosis. I do
appreciate your responses and I'll try to followup with the ultimate
solution.

Alphawoolf

On Thu, 09 Nov 2006 00:12:46 +0000, AlphaWoolf thoughtfully wrote:

On Tue, 07 Nov 2006 17:15:09 GMT, jaster wrote:

On Tue, 07 Nov 2006 13:38:00 +0000, AlphaWoolf thoughtfully wrote:

On 6 Nov 2006 15:06:04 -0800, "jj92_2" wrote:

Get GParted or Knoppix - burn a CD from the ISO image - use the tools
supplied.

/JJ

Well, after repartitioning the drive on my good machine, I've attempted
to load Windows back in the original box. Windows Setup got to the
point where it needed to reboot. At that point it came back with the
same invalid partiton error again. Now, both Windows Setup and
Recovery Console blue screen with the following error:

STOP: 0x00000024 (0x001902FE, 0xF7CAA814, 0xF7CAA510, 0xF74281FC)
ntfs.sys - Address F74281FC base at F741B000, Datestamp 41107eea

I'm going to put the drive back in my good machine and check it out but
I don't have much hope for this scenario. Previously the drive had
repartitioned and copied data for hours on the other PC without a
hitch. SMART diagnostics show good too. I'm thinking either buy a new
drive or a controller card?

Alphawoolf
There are some boot utilities like MBRtool which allow you to rebuild the
MBR on the hd. I know the Ultimate Boot CD (UBCD) has that and other
tools.

Did you post output from a fdisk -l ? Or something showing the
partitions? Did you clean the Windows CD, maybe the problem is the CD
and not the hd?

I bought a new HD. Halfway through Windows Setup the system rebooted and
the drive now reports - you guessed it - invalid partition table. Rather
than buying more components and swapping them in an attempt to find the
faulty piece I've taken it to a shop for diagnosis. I do appreciate your
responses and I'll try to followup with the ultimate solution.

Alphawoolf

I'd exchange it for another drive at the store I bought it. It's
rare but sometimes there are bad components.

I had 2 CDs one wouldn't install (on reboot stops trying to load a file
from the D drive) the other installed without problem.

I suggested MBRTool, with it you could have installed a new MBR and
partition tables if you wanted. Really not enough info to make a good
guess.

On Thu, 09 Nov 2006 07:37:15 GMT, jaster wrote:

On Thu, 09 Nov 2006 00:12:46 +0000, AlphaWoolf thoughtfully wrote:

On Tue, 07 Nov 2006 17:15:09 GMT, jaster wrote:

On Tue, 07 Nov 2006 13:38:00 +0000, AlphaWoolf thoughtfully wrote:

On 6 Nov 2006 15:06:04 -0800, "jj92_2" wrote:

Get GParted or Knoppix - burn a CD from the ISO image - use the tools
supplied.

/JJ

Well, after repartitioning the drive on my good machine, I've attempted
to load Windows back in the original box. Windows Setup got to the
point where it needed to reboot. At that point it came back with the
same invalid partiton error again. Now, both Windows Setup and
Recovery Console blue screen with the following error:

STOP: 0x00000024 (0x001902FE, 0xF7CAA814, 0xF7CAA510, 0xF74281FC)
ntfs.sys - Address F74281FC base at F741B000, Datestamp 41107eea

I'm going to put the drive back in my good machine and check it out but
I don't have much hope for this scenario. Previously the drive had
repartitioned and copied data for hours on the other PC without a
hitch. SMART diagnostics show good too. I'm thinking either buy a new
drive or a controller card?

Alphawoolf
There are some boot utilities like MBRtool which allow you to rebuild the
MBR on the hd. I know the Ultimate Boot CD (UBCD) has that and other
tools.

Did you post output from a fdisk -l ? Or something showing the
partitions? Did you clean the Windows CD, maybe the problem is the CD
and not the hd?

I bought a new HD. Halfway through Windows Setup the system rebooted and
the drive now reports - you guessed it - invalid partition table. Rather
than buying more components and swapping them in an attempt to find the
faulty piece I've taken it to a shop for diagnosis. I do appreciate your
responses and I'll try to followup with the ultimate solution.

Alphawoolf

I'd exchange it for another drive at the store I bought it. It's
rare but sometimes there are bad components.

I had 2 CDs one wouldn't install (on reboot stops trying to load a file
from the D drive) the other installed without problem.

I suggested MBRTool, with it you could have installed a new MBR and
partition tables if you wanted. Really not enough info to make a good
guess.

Well I am happy to report a successful conclusion to this ordeal, at
least so far.

The shop (a local franchise of the Geek Squad chain) did a diagnostic
and recommended a new motherboard. I was able to talk to the tech in
detail and one thing mentioned was reflashing the BIOS. Since this
was essentially free before getting anymore hardware, I tried it.
Reflashed to the latest Abit BIOS for the board and presto! Windows
installed without a hitch. Time will tell if it remains stable in the
longer term but for now it's running like a top again.

Thanks for all the replies!

Alphawoolf