Qosmio X500 - Windows 7 stuck at Login Screen

Machine: Qosmio x500-10U
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium OA
Start up and installation worked first round. I then made the following partitions:
C:Windows (original system partition)
D: Data (here I put all my working files)
F: Executables (here are all the binary executables that I use)
I moved some files from C:\Programs to F:\Programs.
Everything worked fine.
Then I got clever and decided to change F: to E: (for executables) to do this I had to move E:DVD (original system default) to a new letter. I chose O:DVD (for 'Optical') and moved F: to E:.
Then I re-booted.
Now the system boots all the way to the login screen except that there are no user choices. Windows itself has obviously started because other functions such as the 'Shutdown' and 'Restart' buttons work. But no User icons or boxes appear to select a user and enter a password.
When I boot from an UBUNTO disk the DVD drive also works and I can still get hold of all my data on the various partitions. I just can't get windows itslef to log on.
I have a recovery file on the hard drive but no Optical disk because it kept saying that the creation of the recovery disk had failed.
I suspect that I need to fix some drive pointers in the windows registery file. Unfortunately the 'regedit' utility doesn't work under UBUNTO.
Any ideas?

Hi
That means on login screen you cant choose the different users, is this right?
If yes it would be interesting to know which users is logged in after booting Windows. Check this!!
To be honest this is a little bit complicated and I dont understand why you did this procedure. In my opinion this has muddled the Windows registry or some other important files and the only option would be reinstalling Windows I think.
> I have a recovery file on the hard drive but no Optical disk because it kept saying that the creation of the recovery disk had failed.
What error message you get exactly? Maybe the recovery disk creator cant find the files anymore Why you didnt create the disk before?
Now you could try the HDD recovery option. This would be your last chance to get factory settings back and maybe it works

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