Robert,

Thanks for your suggestion; I got around to trying the recovery disc option but found it was in this case a dead end. What finally worked, although a very lengthy procedure, was to return to the Gnome Partition Editor and have it move the C drive back to the left on its window showing the HDD partitions. I wonder whether Disk Manager in WinXP would have done this more quickly, but am happy to be back where I started.

Ron


--- On Mon, 11/5/09, Robert Fernando -ntlworld <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> From: Robert Fernando -ntlworld <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: [PCSOFT] GNOME partition problem
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Monday, 11 May, 2009, 9:11 PM
> Hi,
> You could try this
> boot windows of install disc and load the recovery console.
> run chkdsk
> reboot.
> Robert
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ronald Smith"
> <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 1:04 AM
> Subject: [PCSOFT] GNOME partition problem
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Having just downloaded Gnome Partition Editor onto a CD and
> used it to create a second partition of 22GB, leaving the
> primary one at 35GB and 8GB unallocated (as previously), I
> find I can't boot beyond setup and BIOS, which allows me
> to change the Boot sequence, reset to 'internal
> HDD', etc.
> 
> This is on a Dell Inspiron D610 laptop with WIN XP.
> 
> The GpartEd apparently moved the primary partition 'to
> the right', according to its commentary.
> 
> When attempting to boot from a USB HDD with a clone of the
> OS on it, after a brief flash of the WinXP page, a blue
> screen appears: "A problem has been detected and
> Windows shut down...technical info: ***STOP:0x0000007B
> (0xF78EB528, 0x0000034, 0x00000000, 0x00000000). This also
> appears when attempting to boot from the internal HDD.
> 
> How can I get back to the WIN XP OS that is in there? Would
> removing the partition do it?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Ron Smith
> 
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