Problems with XP after ADD11 partition change

Did anything in XP get reset? I've seen what you describe happen when XP is "reset" for another computer, drivers must be reinstalled, or it's looking on the wrong partition for Windows.

Did you do the resize when booted to the DD CD?

Do you have a backup from before you did the resize?

Does Disk Management show the XP partition the same as what DD shows?

I don't know about "reset" but the system eventually boots (but never runs properly) so it must be using the correct partition.

I did the resizing by committing to the change while in windows -- then ADD11 rebooted the machine and made the change. When it was done it rebooted again and that is when the problem was first noticed.

Disk Management does show the same info/details as ADD11.

If I leave the machine running long enough there are a few more clues:

1) Bionic (my screen saver) fails/errors when trying to make a temp directory on my data drive due to some parameter error.
2) Much later I got a spontaneous pop-up saying that the data drive was not forwarded.

The irritating thing is that I already have Partition Magic and have changed partition sizes without losing data. I bought ADD11 because I thought that somehow my data would be even safer than with PM.

Is there another drive in the computer?

Is Windows still Activated?

Do you have a backup now or from before you made the changes?

Thanks for your replies.

There is another drive in the computer. It is shared and I can access it from
another machine on the network with no problems.

Windows is running, I guess that means its activated. But it is so slow it is
hardly usable. The mouse moves at normal speed but if I move it to the bottom
of the screen it takes several minutes for the task bar to become visible. Then
another few minutes before the quick launch icons fill in. This is even when the
TaskMgr shows that nothing is going on. I killed off non-essential processes
in case it was a resource issue, but it doesn't really seem to be.

I have back-ups of my most critical data but I'm trying to avoid formatting and
restoring both partitions if I can. I would sooner move the C/D drive to
another machine and see what I can do with it.

For what it's worth, I have run Chkdsk on C: and not problems were found.

Is it possible that permissions got messed up somehow on C:?

I assume there is no XP partition on the other drive. Is that correct?

Is Device Manager showing any errors, warnings, or anything odd?

I will check the permissions on C: and I'll look at the device manager.

Correct, one partition and no OS on the other drive but I see what you are getting at. I will wind up
eventually putting my C/D drive into another machine to see what is going on. I was just trying to
avoid that if I can.

Problem solved.

The device manager showed no indication of a problem. And although both DD and
Disk Management showed the drives (partitions actually) as healthy, when I tried to
access the Data partition there was a 15+ minute delay before I got a message that
it was Not Formatted. In previous trials I rebooted after a long time waiting for Explorer
thinking that it was just hung up.

I guessed that the relocation of data after changing the partition size placed critical
data on a bad sector. So, I ran Chkdsk on the data drive and it did find a few problems.
After that the system worked fine.

Moral of the story to everyone out there -- run Chkdsk before changing partitions.