Vista & Drive Partition issues

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Asus M4A785TD-V EVO MB
2Gb RAM
AMD PHenon II X3 2.8 CPU
Maxtor 160GB HD
Windows XP SP3 & Vista SP1 Dual-boot

I have recently upgraded my MB to the above from an Asus A7N8X deluxe.

Issue1.

Within Vista, upon boot-up, a message 'Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service stopped working and was closed' appears. Sometimes a couple of times during bootup.

Does anyone know how to prevent / fix this error.

Issue2.

I have been trying to re-size my partitions, since my new MB was installed.

C: Primary has XP
E: has Vista.
I also have D:, F: & G: partitions + CD/DVD H: & I:

I have tried to transfer approx 18GB from the C: to E:.

On trying to do this i used Partitionmagic 8 in Vista. An error occured during the process, which caused appr 18GB as unallocated.

I have been unable to reverse the transfer, and thus I've created an unwanted J: with this space. Also, Vista now no longer sees the C: properly, advising that the partition size is zero & I get 'Access is denied' warning. Windows XP, working on the C: is still working ok, but has a slow boot-up.

Can anyone help in my dilema & perhaps advise of a safe to use disc utility which is Vista compatible, which could sort out my issues.
 
Also Partition Magic 8 is crap... Not good for 64Bit or Vista.

Acronis Disk Manager 10 is where you need to be.

Dont bother with a repair install... You need to start from scratch when you have a new Mobo.

And, are all those partitions on the one HD?

Hmmm..

Another also, but why are you bothering with dual booting? Vista has proven itself now to be every bit as stable as XP.

Id stick with one or the other unless you have no choice.
 
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