Gator,

I looked over the link you sent. I sounds like i will need the original system disk or a bootable floppy. I have neither in that this is a company machine but i am at a remote site.

Can this be done without a XP CD or Floppy?

Bruce

You guessed correctly... the message is 'invalid partition table'. I am using XP and i have no other operating system on the machine.

Thanks for your prompt reply. Let me know what to do plz.

Bruce

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