About Partition Table
Generally, a partition is a fixed-size subset of a disk
drive which is considered as a section by the Windows operating system. A Partition
Table is a table maintained on disk by the operating system to describe the
partitions on that disk. The partition table is most associated with the Master Boot
Record (MBR). But it may refer to other partition styles, like GPT (GUID Partition
Table), and APM (Apple Partition Map), etc.
Windows Invalid Partition Table error
A user who had this problem said: this morning, my Dell
Latitude with Windows 7 installed shut down unexpectedly (on low battery), after
that, my computer could not boot up anymore, and I receive an error message: Invalid
Partition Table. Unfortunately, I did not save my documents and don’t have System
Image to Restore the system. I would appreciate any help. Thanks.
Factors that affect the Partition Table
Dell claimed that when trying to install Windows 7/8/10
onto a Solid State Drive (SSD) either manually or using a custom image, you might
get the error message: Invalid Partition Table. A corrupted partition table is
located in the MBR of the boot sector, which holds the information on how the
logical partitions, containing file systems, are organized on that medium. Thus, the
most probable reasons could be:
Windows 7/8/10 Invalid Partition Table Fix
Following, we will guide you to fix invalid partition
table in Windows 10/8/7 with step by step. Here are the detailed solutions:
Solution 1: update BIOS Version
For updating BIOS version for your Windows 7/8/10 PC, you
could download the latest BIOS version for your system type to a bootable media,
then install BIOS for your Dell PC to fix corrupted partition table. The detailed
steps are listed below:
1. Connect your bootable media to a normal working Dell
computer.
2. Go to Dell website and get the latest BIOS for your
system type.
3. Under the BIOS category, select
the latest version of BIOS and click Download File.
4. Choose Single-File to save the file
to the bootable media.
5. Then put the bootable media into your corrupted PC,
then install BIOS:
6. Start your computer, Press F12 on
Startup to open the Boot Device Menu.
7. Choose the bootable media and hit enter.
8. If the BIOS.exe file doesn’t automatically run, you
need to type the command prompt E:\XXXXXX.exe (where E is the name
of the bootable USB drive letter and XXXXXX is the name of file you saved to the
bootable USB drive).
9. Press enter to run the file and install the BIOS.
Now, the Dell invalid partition table error should be
solved. Otherwise, you could try the following solutions.
Solution 2: Fix corrupted MBR
There are two ways to fix MBR: fix with command prompt,
or fix with AOMEI Partition Assistant
Standard.
Fix MBR with Command Prompt
This way requires a Windows 7/8/10 Installation disc,
make sure you have one and follow the steps below:
1. Restart the Dell computer.
2. Press F8 key to
open Advanced Boot Options menu as soon as the BIOS
screen disappears.
3. Choose Repair Your Computer.
4. Then choose Command Prompt at
the System Recovery Options window.
5. Type the below commands to fix Dell invalid partition
table:
Bootrec /fixboot
Bootrec /scanos
Bootrec /fixmbr
Bootrec /rebuildbcd
Fix MBR with AOMEI Partition Assistant
Standard
If you don’t own the Windows installation disc, please
try to fix with AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard. AOMEI Partition Assistant
Standard is the best free disk partitioning software, which allows you to repair
corrupted MBR, migrate OS to SSD, copy disk or partition, etc. First of all, you
have to create a bootable media then fix MBR under Win PE. Here we go:
1. Download the
freeware to a normal Dell computer with the same system on yours.
2. Connect a USB flash drive with the PC, and execute the
program. Select Make Bootable Media under Wizards.
3. Then hitNext.

4. Choose USB Boot Device to create
bootable media. Press Proceed.

5. Then boot your corrupted Dell Windows 7/8/10 PC from
the bootable media.
6. Then the AOMEI Partition Assistant will execute
automatically. And click Rebuild MBR at the drop-down menu of the
selected hard drive.

7. Select the right MBR type for your
Windows 7/8/10 Dell PC, hit OK.

8. Then click Apply at the top left
corner to restore corrupted partition table.
You may find invalid partition table error in Windows
10/8/7 on Dell latitude has gone.
Solution 3: check bad sectors
If the partition table stored on bad sectors, the
partition table will be invalid so that you will get the Dell invalid partition
table error. Here you could check bad sectors with this freeware on hard drive to
fix invalid partition table error.
1. Select Surface Test on the main
window after running AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard.

2. Click Start to check bad sectors.
After all of these operations, you should have fixed
invalid partition table error in Dell PC. Moreover, with the help of AOMEI Partition
Assistant Standard, you could resize/move/split/copy partition, merge partitions, create WinPE
bootable media, etc. The professional
version is capable of migrating OS to SSD drive, converting disk
between MBR and GPT without losing data, allocate free space, and so on.
For server users, you could try AOMEI Partition Assistant
Server to do many other advanced features.