So I tried the recovery like FT suggested but no good. I then tried to use my True Image boot disk to make a back up of the windows partition but it wouldnt do that. Next I booted into linux and backed up my docs and download folder ready to instal windows but it wouldnt instal as it couldnt create a system partition. Oh well I thought, I could try to install on the other hard drive but again it couldnt create a system partition. Back to Disk Director to split the other drive so as I could install on a new partion. It now informs me that it will take ELEVEN hours just to resize the partition. Looks like I will be buying a SSD to put win7 on. I dont know when I will be up and running again.