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I have delayed attempts to get XP to boot without further directions but decided to try with the * on the 2nd

partition.

Did another analyze and again it comes up with the * alongside:
* HPFS - NTFS 7297 0 1 14592 254 63 11721040

It does not look like the boot drive - there are many more files ...

I pressed Enter, then Write with the 1st line as * , 2nd, 3rd and 4th as D and the 5th as P.

Much to my surprise it doesn't boot into XP. Freezes with a blue screen with the windows XP logo

Re-running - TestDisk Deeper Search - N - Vista gives the same as the original

D HPFS - NTFS 0 1 1 7296 254 ...

Shall I set it up like this and Press Enter ?

* HPFS - NTFS 0 1 1 7296 254 63 117226242
D FAT16 < 32M 2363 0 1 2364 254 63 32130 [-VPSGHBOOT-]
D FAT16 < 32M 7260 0 1 7260 254 63 16065 [-VPSGHBOOT-]
D FAT16 < 32M 7290 0 1 7291 254 63 32130 [-VPSGHBOOT-]
P HPFS - NTFS 7297 0 1 14592 254 63 ...

Thanks again Fiona

Yes I would like to recover both NTFS partitions.

The 1st one listed looks like the Windows XP system with data.
D HPFS - NTFS 0 1 1 7296 254 63 117226242

The 5th listed is not as important to me.
D HPFS - NTFS 7297 0 1 14592 254 63 117210240

John

Ooops I noted a typo? in my original post on the End sector of the 1st partition listed. It should be 7296.

i.e.
D HPFS - NTFS 0 1 1 7296 254 63 117226242

Also in my previous post i said I was contemplating leaving a "D' alongside the 2nd, 3rd and 5th. 5th should have been 4th.

My dilemma is ...

A little more exploring and there is little doubt to me that the first partition shown " HPFS - NFTS 0 1 1 7296 254 63 117226242" is the Partition 1 on the drive. I can see Program Files, Documents and Settings etc

The 5th parttion shown I have to assume is the second partition on the drive. It ...

Hi Fiona

Thank you for your response.

'P" shows files in all of the Partitions displayed.

I had a bright idea. On this drive I had a Virtual Machine that booted Win 2000 which was created using Ghost. Actually I believe I had more than one instance of this. This might be the -VPSGHBOOT- entries ...

Hello

I hope I am not asking questions asked many times before but I was not able to find any.

I had booted from a CD using SystemResueCD and was attempting to see / learn how to use GParted to partition a disk.

The computer I was using had two approx 100GB drives, the "Drive 1" was partitioned ...