changing OS from 32 bit to 64 bit.

oh no... this is NOT going well at all !!! i used partition wizard. divided my C drive , so it was reduced from 232 GB to 116 GB . after i had done that it asks me to restart. the original problem is that i cannot restart or shutdown . so i leave it and that blue screen appears saying ' cannot restart driver power state failure' ! it shuts down automatically. i then power on and once it starts up, i click on my computer and check the drives . there is NO new drive of 116 GB !!! my C drive containing my windows 7 stuff has been reduced to 116 GB from the 232 GB..........BUT 116 GB IS MISSING !!!

the blue screen that appeared said ' driver power state failure' and not ' cannot restart driver power state failure'

wait a minute.... i went into disk management and there is a 116 GB unallocated box alongside my C drive box. its just not showing up when i click start/computer ???

You did not divide your C drive, you shrunk (or resized) it to 116gb. Now you have Unallocated Space to its right. So follow the steps here to create a new partition in the Unallocated space: Partition or Volume - Create New. This is the third time I've posted that blue link for you.

You were working with Arc to solve the Blue Screen. Did you answer his questions? Make sure or he may be done with you.

ok... i,m nearly there...its asking me for volume label...name i want for new partition ? what do i have to put in that box ? can i rename it anything i want ?

Name it Kevin.

You can name it what ever you want.

ok...its new name is kevin F drive

alright, thats that sorted out ...

is the blue screen with the 'driver power state failure' that ive come across a few times now known as the blue screen of death ???

phant0m2012 said:

is the blue screen with the 'driver power state failure' that ive come across a few times now known as the blue screen of death ???

Sure sounds like it, you might want to upload the info to have it checked out.

Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) Posting Instructions