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 Post subject: Invalid Partition Table
PostPosted: June 24th, 2011, 12:58 
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I had some trouble with a PC that kept rebooting itself in a continuous loop. Through Windows Recovery Console I used fixmbr, but after restarting I received the message, "Invalid Partition Table". Now I cannot boot from the disk at all nor can I read from it when connecting it to other computers using a SATA/USB cable.

What can I do to get data off of this hard drive?


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 Post subject: Re: Invalid Partition Table
PostPosted: June 24th, 2011, 13:22 
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After the MBR fix was applied were you still getting those beeps while booting?

What model drive is this?

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 Post subject: Re: Invalid Partition Table
PostPosted: June 24th, 2011, 14:26 
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I was not getting beeps at all. Just the message, "Invalid Partition Table," which did not appear until after I used fixmbr.

The drive is an 80GB Western Digital (WD800JD).


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 Post subject: Re: Invalid Partition Table
PostPosted: June 24th, 2011, 18:46 
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You said "nor can I read from it when connecting it to other computers using a SATA/USB cable."

Did the drive register in Device Manager when you connected to other computers via SATA or USB?

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 Post subject: Re: Invalid Partition Table
PostPosted: July 5th, 2011, 1:16 
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Plug the drive into another computer and run testdisk to read the drive. If testdisk finds a partition, you may write this to the drive, then reboot to see if the files are accessible.

Knoppix live USB has test disk, or you can burn the Testdisk ISO to a cd/dvd and boot from that.


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