I have four partitions, in order - ntfs (data storage - empty), ntfs (winxp), ntfs (data storage - empty) and Linux on my dual boot machine. I am running out of space on my winxp partition and decided(!) to make it larger by merging with the other two ntfs partitions.(Actually I have a 2nd HD that I use for backup - the two data storage partitions are empty because I copied the data to my backup disk prior to the merging). I used Partition Magic to do the merging and initially merged the 2nd and 3rd partitions - the 1st partition is a lot smaller than the 2nd and 3rd partitions but in an awkward position being the first partition on the disk. I thought it had merged an rebooted - now when I select my winXP OS I get the dreaded ntldr is missing message. I have created a Partition Magic boot CD and when I look at my disk I see the original four separate partitions but to me they (the ntfs partitions) have strange drive letters. The 1st partition is C, the 2nd is D and the 3rd is E. I can see the partition contents from my Linux partition. The 1st(c) is empty, the 2nd(D) contains wnxp and the 3rd(E) is also empty - all as they were originally. I have inserted my winxp CD and gone to the Recovery Console - I get the 1. C:\windows and choose 1 followed by the Admin password but instead of getting c:\windows> I get e:\windows>. Via my Linux OS I can see D drive and there are all my winxp files including ntldr so it all looks good - I'm thinking all the drive letters are out of sync but no too sure what to do now. Any suggestions what to do now and how would be most appreciated.