InitDiskillegal partition table - drive 00 sector 0

deejay100six · 06-09-2008, 07:47 AM

Hi,

Anyone familiar with this one,

InitDiskillegal partition table - drive 00 sector 0

Google tells me it is a rootkit, Aaaaargh.

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/secur...windows_a.html

I have a thread here;

One more try before HDD goes in bin.

Had Seatools for Dos running for over an hour and it has yet to move off 0%

Can i be certain that i have this nasty or should i continue to suspect my HDD?

tetonbob · 06-09-2008, 08:24 AM

That error message means something is wrong with the partition table. Sector 0 is the boot sector. Yes, it could be a rootkit, but from your description in your other thread, I would tend to lean towards disk failure.

Quote:

Kernel inpage data faults after spontaneous restart> error loading operating system.

Faint beep followed by clicking sound from inside machine.

That clicking sound is generally the imminent death knell of an hdd. The fact that the diag tools hang would lead me to believe that also, but the hardware guys would be better suited to help you with that.

Can you access the data as a slave drive?

There's more detailed info about the rootkit at GMER's site.

http://www2.gmer.net/mbr/

While this rootkit can be fixed, it's generally best from a security standpoint to format a disk which has had this level of intrusion.

deejay100six · 06-09-2008, 05:07 PM

Hi Bob,

Thanks very much for the response. I did actually have problems formatting this drive during a recent install so, given everything that's happened, i am forced to conclude that the hard drive is at fault. I do have access to another HDD so i will try to install that tomorrow.

Thanks again, Regards, Dave.

tetonbob · 06-09-2008, 06:16 PM

Cheers, Dave.

Try slaving the hdd in question to the new hdd once an OS is installed, to retrieve any valued data.

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deejay100six Tech, Microsoft Support Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Doncaster, England. Posts: 2,919 OS: win xp pro sp2 My System	InitDiskillegal partition table - drive 00 sector 0 Hi, Anyone familiar with this one, InitDiskillegal partition table - drive 00 sector 0 Google tells me it is a rootkit, Aaaaargh. http://blog.washingtonpost.com/secur...windows_a.html I have a thread here; One more try before HDD goes in bin. Had Seatools for Dos running for over an hour and it has yet to move off 0% Can i be certain that i have this nasty or should i continue to suspect my HDD? __________________ Regards, Dave. If it ain't broke, don't fix it..

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deejay100six Tech, Microsoft Support Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Doncaster, England. Posts: 2,919 OS: win xp pro sp2 My System	Re: InitDiskillegal partition table - drive 00 sector 0 Hi Bob, Thanks very much for the response. I did actually have problems formatting this drive during a recent install so, given everything that's happened, i am forced to conclude that the hard drive is at fault. I do have access to another HDD so i will try to install that tomorrow. Thanks again, Regards, Dave. __________________ Regards, Dave. If it ain't broke, don't fix it..

06-09-2008, 06:16 PM	#4 (permalink)
tetonbob Manager, Security Center, TSF Academy; Analyst, Security Team Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Transylvania County, North Carolina, USA Posts: 35,601 OS: 2000 Pro; XP Pro; XP Home	Re: InitDiskillegal partition table - drive 00 sector 0 Cheers, Dave. Try slaving the hdd in question to the new hdd once an OS is installed, to retrieve any valued data. __________________ Practice Safe Surfing PC Safety and Security--What Do I Need? Because what you don't know, CAN hurt you. Proud Member of ASAP since 2005 Proud Member of UNITE since 2006 Microsoft MVP - Consumer Security 2009