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Problem, may be motherboard or MBR issue

misle

misle

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Or, it could be that I'm a tard.

I just upgraded my system today.

NEW:
Gigabyte P55M-UD2
Intel i5
4GB of DDR3-1333
WD Caviar Black 1TB
Case

From previous:
600W PS
GTX 260
320GB HDD (previously Win7 main drive, partitioned 50GB & whatever was left)

I put it together, installed Win7 on the new 1TB drive. When booting, it would give me the option to boot to:
Windows 7
Windows 7

One was the new install on the 1TB and the other was the old one on the 320GB drive. So, I booted into the new 1TB system, copied over everything I needed from the 320. Windows wouldn't let me re-format the 320 from within Windows, so I booted off the Win7 DVD, and used it to delete the 2 partitions. I was going to format it as one drive, but Win7 disk wanted to make a 100MB partition for system tools, so I just left it unallocated.

Rebooted and now it just sits at "Operating System is loading..."

I've booted off the Win7 DVD again and I'm having it run a Startup Repair, but it doesn't seem to be doing anything.

Did I screw it up pretty bad? Is it the MBR looking for the other Win7 drive? I'm not sure what could be going on and how to fix it. Any and all help is very appreciated!
 
Alright, I ran the Startup Repair and it says that I have an "Invalid Partition Table."

It tries to fix it, but no luck. Off to google for some answers.
 
If you've just finished a fresh install and don't mind doing it again (shouldn't take that long), why don't you try installing Windows with only the 1TB connected? You can connect the old HDD afterward.
 
I may end up doing that in the morning. Looks like the MBR was on the drive I formatted. Is there any kind of FDISK for Win7?
 
was that w7 home premium? I had an eSATA drive connected on a different controller when installing, it shouldn't even see it, but somehow decided to dump the mbr there... wasted a night putting everything in order
 
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