Windows Vista Resize Partitions -> Broken User Profile

I had a Windows XP PC, but got tempted by Vista, so I installed that. Following Vista Business install my HDD looked like:

EISA, dev/sda1 | C:, WinXP, dev/sda2, 190GB | F:, Vista, dev/sda3, 40GB

I used Vista so much that I didn't need XP as much as I needed the space so I changed it to:

EISA, dev/sda1 | C:, Data, dev/sda2, 190GB | F:, Vista, dev/sda3, 40GB
But Vista needed more than 40 GB with all its programs so I wanted to make some more room for it.
After backing up my data I had:

EISA, dev/sda1 | C:, Data, dev/sda2, 170GB | Unallocated (20GB) | F:, Vista, dev/sda3, 40GB

I found out that I can only expand a partition to the right (end of the partition). So I wanted to move the vista partition to the beginning

of the drive. To do this I used Gparted live CD. I deleted C: and moved F: over to the right:

EISA | Vista (40GB) | Unallocated (190GB)

When I booted with windows, it didn't know where to look for the OS, so I used repair tools on the Vista DVD.
On reboot chkdisk was run, but it was checking c:, which didn't exist anymore (so I thought). Anyway, Windows took what was F: and changed it

to C:.

I can login using my username and password, but Vista cannot find my profile. It says "Preparing your desktop" for a bit then takes me to a

blank screen. Here I can Ctrl-Alt-Delete to get the taks manager and run explorer or cmd, but it loads a temporary profile for me.

All my data is still on the drive in C:\users\myname\ but windows won't let me take that screen name.

Anyway, Boot is fine, I get to windows, but windows doesn't know where to look for its profile. Also, I can't access computer management or

set up any new user profiles.


As the HDD stands now:
EISA, dev/sda1 | C: Vista /dev/sda3 | Unallocated.

I can start in safe mode, and even with the Admin user, but neither of these give me any more options or progress.

Short of wiping the drive and reinstalling what might I do to recover a working Windows?
Thanks, Peter

 

Use the instructions here to change Vista's drive letter back to what it was.
http://www.multibooters.co.uk/cloning.html#letters

 

Thank you, this has resolved the problem.