XP wont boot after Merging partitions

i have an 80gb hard drive that was originally partitioned into 3 different partitions
C: - 40
D: - 35
E: - 5

so i decided to use partition magic and merge all of them together. then after it was done, it said to restart, after the whole mergiing thing it said to restart again, so i did, then after that it wont boot and just hangs, then it beeps for every second. it wont stop beeping untill i turn off the computer.

i also tried to reinstall xp and when it says "press any key to boot from cd rom drive...." then after i press any key, it starts to beep like crazy again

P.S. there is no certain beep type. it just beeps every second untill i turn off the conputer. in guessing the hard drive is corrupt, but how would i fix that?

 

First I would download and burn a Gparted Disk and Boot from that to view what your partitions look like now.

Second I would try using a Vista/XP (what ever you use) Disc to repair.

 

so Gparted (LivecD) runs off a disc, and not under windows? because i cant get into windows
-thanks




p.s. the problem is my desktop computer, not my notebook.

 

ok i finally got Gparted Live cd, and i booted to the cd drive heres what i get
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GNU GRUB version 0.97 (639K lower / 523008K upper memory)

[ Minimal Bash-like line editing is supported. For the first word, TAB lists possible command completions. Anywhere else TAB lists the possible completions of a device/file name. ]

grub> _
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what do i do now?

 

help!!! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
never used gparted live cd

 

What???? Are you sure you download the first link HERE?

Did you try the Windows Disc repair option?

Also does any of these discs detect your HD at all?

 

yup, i downloaded the first iso
and used nero
but i only get this after i run the LiveCD on my computer
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
GNU GRUB version 0.97 (639K lower / 523008K upper memory)

[ Minimal Bash-like line editing is supported. For the first word, TAB lists possible command completions. Anywhere else TAB lists the possible completions of a device/file name. ]

grub> _
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

also the windows disc repair option is not an option because everytime i put in the windows disc my computer would just beep like crazy and do nothing, but hang, untill i turn the computer off

 

Sorry friend, but I think you're screwed... Oh well, having the same problem with Vista -_-... Bump for you!

 

Try booting with other Linux Live CDs, e.g. Ubuntu

 

Look up what the beep code means. Check the motherboard manual, or failing that, note the bios type (AMI/Award/whatever) and google the beep codes for that.

That should give you a hint.
Also, which of the three partitions was Windows installed on initially?
Did partition magic report any errors? Did anything unusual happen during the reboots?

Is the harddrive detected in BIOS?

And yeah, try booting from a Linux LiveCD (or BartPE for a Windows equivalent)