Vista - Boot Problem: System Partition

Hi all,

I'd been running Vista fine for about a week and a half on a new Dell
Dimension E520 desktop. This morning, I woke up to a System Recovery screen.
I've been unable to get Vista start. When I try to run Startup Repair, I get
the error:

"The partition table does not have a valid System Partition."

Also, when trying to select an operating system to repair, I cannot see
Windows Vista (nor can I find the driver).

Any suggestions would be gratefully accepted.

Thanks.

Hi,

Sounds like the hard drive is damaged. You will need to contact Dell as the
system is probably still under warranty and this work will require a
technician unless you are familiar with replacing drives and have recovery
media that came separately on a CD.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"VistaConfusion" <VistaConfusion@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
>
> I'd been running Vista fine for about a week and a half on a new Dell
> Dimension E520 desktop. This morning, I woke up to a System Recovery
> screen.
> I've been unable to get Vista start. When I try to run Startup Repair, I
> get
> the error:
>
> "The partition table does not have a valid System Partition."
>
> Also, when trying to select an operating system to repair, I cannot see
> Windows Vista (nor can I find the driver).
>
> Any suggestions would be gratefully accepted.
>
> Thanks.