I tried to run Norton Partition Magic 8.0 in WindowsXP home to change my 320GB C: drive into two 160GB partitions. When it appeared to be finishing up the project, PM8 locked up, showed an error message, and ground to a halt. Nothing but cutting off the power would get me out of the lockup. I powered up the computer again, but it would not boot up. Fortunately I had recently backed up all my important data files, EXCEPT for some Paperport .max files (less than 50) that I would like to resurrect. I have not turned the computer back on since then, from fear of making the problem worse. Should RecoverMyFiles be able to tackle this job. Should I do something else first, or use some other software? Should I try fixMBR or fixboot? Should at least one copy of the MFT be findable? Which mode of RecoverMyFiles is most likely to be useful? Thanks for any suggestions or help you can offer!!