Invalid Partition Table USB

[BTDarkness]

I am currently trying to repair a windows 10 install using the windows 10 installation media on a usb. I tried 2 different usb's using both 32 and 64 bit and also just using 64 bit. When the computer goes to boot from the usb it says invalid partition table.

Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R
core 2 quad q8200
2gb nanya RAM
brand new ST1000DM003 1000gb hdd
thermaltake tr2600w
asus GTX 550ti

-Its not the usb sticks since they work on other pcs
-I updated bios to the latest version
-the computer does detect the usb's

Is there a bios setting that is necessary for booting from usb?

 

[Colif]

are they formatted as NTFS or fat32? they need to be fat32 for bios to see them.

this is almost same motherboard: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/265638-30-ep35-ds3l-boot-drive

 

[BTDarkness]

Colif- the problem is not that my motherboard isn't detecting the drive, it is. When the computer tries to boot from any windows boot I try to use it will say invalid partition table. Someone please help fix the PARTITION TABLE ERROR. thanks

 

[Colif]

This is from just over a week ago:

Rufus did it for me and doing F12 and choosing it from HDD+. I made a bootable Windows 10 using the Microsoft utility that downloads and creates the USB boot drive and my desktop with a Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R motherboard couldn’t see it. I downloaded the Windows 10 iso and used Rufus to create a bootable USB with the following settings: MBR scheme for both BIOS and UEFI-CSM, NTFS, left all teh format options checked and in Advanced Options clicked on “Add fixes for old BIOSes”

I meant to do FAT32 but since it took a while to copy to the USB I figured I’d try it and it found the bootable drive without any timing of plugging in.

which was in answer to this:

...* Then it shows up in hdd boot order. In other formats (made with rufus) it doesn’t show up there at all and when I force it to read via usb-zip or usb-fdd I get error “invalid partition table’. :-(

https://www.blackmoreops.com/2013/12/28/enable-usb-boot-in-gigabyte-motherboard/

Which is the same problem you are having, am I correct?

 

[BTDarkness]

The live boot from Gigabyte boards trick you linked did not work for me, I scrolled down the comments and found someone with a similar case. I'm making a new install media using rufus and the settings you recommended. My BIOS doesn't have separate options for
Enable Integrated Peripherals > USB Legacy.
Enable Integrated Peripherals > USB Storage.

it just has one line that says
Enable Legacy storage detect--enabled

 

[Colif]

Do you have the last bios for the motherboard? It might be in an upgrade?

 

[BTDarkness]

Do you have the last bios for the motherboard? It might be in an upgrade?

I got it to boot! I created new install media using NTFS and booted it as a HDD instead of a USB-HDD and it worked.
to answer your question I did qflash bios with the latest one on the gigabyte website.

Thanks for all your guys' help (no its just you colif)