Additional info: I think my guess about MBR damage was a false alarm. (but I've ruined the evidence by this point).
When I repartitioned, the "active" boot partition flag was removed from the XP partition. I restored it in the partitioning tool and that allowed me to boot into XP again. Partitioning annoyances: The partitioning tool allows you to get all of your partitions set up before it warns you about errors. Required, but unspecified, properties should probably be in a different color so it is more obvious. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]