Jim wrote:
> That message usually means that the bootable partition is NOT marked active,
> double check it has an asterick. Also, make sure that THAT drive is the one
> attempting to boot. If your BIOS is perhaps pointing to another HD, that
> could be a problem too.
> [snip]

Thanks Jim! I wound up running fixmbr and it was able to boot... back to
the same "Microsoft Windows XP" screen with the same exact hang I had
with Norton Ghost. ;-( Sigh....

Well, I think I'm going to cry uncle on this one and just back up the
settings, and reinstall everything. I wanted to avoid doing this, but I
would've been "Back to normal" several days ago had I done this.

Thanks again Jim, and best wishes to you and yours!

-->Neil