Reinstalling XP

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Bob Kulp

I feel really stupid. Somehow I totally screwed up my main disk. I have re-formatted the disk and attempted to re-install, but at completion, on the restart I get an invalid partition message. I am totally at a lost. Please help.

Bob
 
Is the partition marked as the 'Active' partition?

JS

I feel really stupid. Somehow I totally screwed up my main disk. I have re-formatted the disk and attempted to re-install, but at completion, on the restart I get an invalid partition message. I am totally at a lost. Please help.

Bob
 
My mistake. The message is "invalid partition table".
Is the partition marked as the 'Active' partition?

JS

I feel really stupid. Somehow I totally screwed up my main disk. I have re-formatted the disk and attempted to re-install, but at completion, on the restart I get an invalid partition message. I am totally at a lost. Please help.

Bob
 
This may or may not be of some help:
http://www.pcguide.com/ts/x/sys/booterrGBER31-c.html

You may also need to fix the Master Boot Record:
http://www.techzonez.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3975

JS

My mistake. The message is "invalid partition table".
Is the partition marked as the 'Active' partition?

JS

I feel really stupid. Somehow I totally screwed up my main disk. I have re-formatted the disk and attempted to re-install, but at completion, on the restart I get an invalid partition message. I am totally at a lost. Please help.

Bob
 
Thanks JS. I had clobbered the MBR(formatted it actually). Everything is O.K. now.
Bob
This may or may not be of some help:
http://www.pcguide.com/ts/x/sys/booterrGBER31-c.html

You may also need to fix the Master Boot Record:
http://www.techzonez.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3975

JS

My mistake. The message is "invalid partition table".
Is the partition marked as the 'Active' partition?

JS

I feel really stupid. Somehow I totally screwed up my main disk. I have re-formatted the disk and attempted to re-install, but at completion, on the restart I get an invalid partition message. I am totally at a lost. Please help.

Bob
 
Your welcome.

JS
Thanks JS. I had clobbered the MBR(formatted it actually). Everything is O.K. now.
Bob
This may or may not be of some help:
http://www.pcguide.com/ts/x/sys/booterrGBER31-c.html

You may also need to fix the Master Boot Record:
http://www.techzonez.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3975

JS

My mistake. The message is "invalid partition table".
Is the partition marked as the 'Active' partition?

JS

I feel really stupid. Somehow I totally screwed up my main disk. I have re-formatted the disk and attempted to re-install, but at completion, on the restart I get an invalid partition message. I am totally at a lost. Please help.

Bob
 
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