invalid partition table

[racedog12]

every time i try to boot my computer i get invalid partiton table i tried

copy d:/i386/ntldr c: ,

copy d:/i386/ntdetect.com c:

 

fixboot

fixmbr

chkdsk /r

 

bootcfg /rebuild

 

nothing works

 

earlier i deleted my partition table then i formated a new one would that have done it?

[Jelly Bean]

Hello there,are you booting from CD/DVD rom drive or HDD?

 

Did you reset BIOS to boot from HDD after the install process?

 

Are you using a full install disk or a recovery disk?

 

A recovery disk is only workable if you already have windows installed fully.

 

As you said you deleted your partition earlier and now have issues.....

 

Hence this could be why you get the error.

 

If you used a full install disk then I sugest a full reinstall of windows.

 

If you used a copy disk then possibly none bootable disk,bad copy or damaged copy.

 

Are you sure you allowed the full instillation process to continue,you do not remove the disk untill you can login to windows.

[racedog12]

im booting from cd/winxp recovery and i did have a full installation of windows on it

it got the bsod so i boot the cd/dvd drive first with xp in it and ran fixmbr then reboot

it said ntldr missing so i copy d: /i386/ntldr c:/ nothing so i deleted the partition then created a new one and formated it to ntfs then i copied the ntldr and ntdetect.com then ran fixboot,fixmbr ,reboot

 

invalid partition table

[Dalo Harkin]

Do you have anything on the drive you need to keep?

 

Reformat, then reinstall. By the time you have finished messing with the table you could have just re done the lot