invalid partition table

What i am trying to tell you, if you change the layout, the sector numbering will be different. So sector x on system 1, will be sector y on system 2. That is no good
 
The information of cylinders and heads seen on the drive's label is entered according to the instructions found in the board's manual or at the manufacturer's support site. There's no one way for all method. For each model as well as mannufacturer the instructions will vary.
 
as i said this old board was salvage from old PC

i don't know the brand PC it came from, at bootup i get these info
Sis 305 TRUEAND
 
as i said board was salvaged from old PC

brand or model not known, this is all the info i got from bootscreen

SIS 305 true color graphics motherboard and is supported by pentium 233mhz socket7 chipset

i've tried SIS website, only drives no manual.
 
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The SIS site is for drivers only being the manufacturer of the chipset not the board itself. If you could get any version of Windows even on a 4-5gb drive running from 2000-Vista you can use the System Info for Windows(SIW) tool found at http://www.gtopala.com/ since that will provide a detailed breakdown on the hardwares like board seen there. Your other option would be simply tossing in a smaller drive and making a Linux box out of it.
 
the smallest drive i've got available is 10gig and

the box i need must be windows base with dos capabilities
 
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Without knowing how to configure the user defined settings the next best move would be seeing if there's a list you can choose from in order to come as close as possible to actual number of cylinders and other information on the drive's label if still present and readable. Even if you get 7-8gb out of 10gb you have something to work with.
 
PC EYE thanks for bearing out with me thus far.

my 10gb HD specs are:

cylinders heads sectors
16383......16 ........63

i went into bios found and configure HD to both LBA and large disk support.

i also configured to normal, inputted my above specs saved and exited.

rebooted to either; primary master fail or connot continue invalid partition table.

the highest and closest specs to HD available for selection on table is:

cylinders heads sectors
1224........5..........159

AND

cylinders heads sectors
1024........16.........142


Any other suggestion bro.
 
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At least you now what you are working with. At one time the drive manufacturers had their own bios bypass drive utilities for getting around the limitations like those. WD had their EZ-Drive, Seagate had their own Disk Manager, and Maxtor as the third of the leading brands then had their MaxBlast for their old Quantum series.

Along with a pair of MS links the site seen at the link here goes into detail on all of this and is a good reference. http://www.storagereview.com/guide2000/ref/hdd/bios/overDDO.html

So far besides looking in the archives of WD and Seagate no immediate program was found. The two links here are the MS pages on them and problems often seen. The first is on how to tell if one is being used. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/186057

The second here is more on XP not the older versions like 98. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315679
 
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