James Knott wrote: Earlier today, I tried re-installing the Windows partition from the recovery disks. That worked and could be booted. I used that working Windows to create a system repair CD and saved the boot sector from that partition. I then put the original Windows back and tried running the repair CD, but nothing in it, including commands to repair boot sector helped. I then copied over the saved boot sector. It would now boot, but failed to properly load. The problems also prevented Linux from running, as it couldn't find things needed on the Windows partition. I tried rebuilding everything from scratch, starting with a complete restore from the recovery discs, as follows Restored entire system from DVDs - boots OK Shrunk Windows partition - boots OK Created extended & swap partitions, copied & resized partitions 6 & 7 - boots OK Copied Windows 7 partition - boots, but start up repair runs. Didn't happen before but Windows runs fine after. Resized Windows 7 partition using Windows utility - boots OK Enabled grub, edited fstab, device.map & menu.lst - can boot into Linux, but not Windows Replaced sda2 boot sector with one saved earlier. Windows boots, but fails. Linux also fails. Replaced sda2 boot sector with the one saved prior to enabling grub. Can now boot into Linux, but Windows won't boot. Bottom line, there's something about that boot sector that grub doesn't like. The one from the fresh Windows install works with grub, but can't load the original system. I guess my next step is to reload the Windows partition from the restore discs and then restore as much as I can from the old Windows partition, unless someone has a better idea. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org