Did I just break my harddrive from partitioning it?

[Blue Dolphins]

I tried moving a partition from the right, to some blank space to the left, It failed and I got about 7 different errors. When I booted, all of my files were unusable, I couldn't connect to the internet, and any program I tried to use would act buggy and then crash, and then Xubuntu itself crashed. So I tried reistalling twice in the past few hours, it runs Slow but runs, then when I restart after installing the updates, it just shows a blue screen, and the mouse. I've never had problems with xubuntu right after installation, which leads me to believe that maybe I damaged my harddrive.

Is it possible to cause damage to the harddrive just with Gparted? If that's not the problem, then why else are my 2 attempts at a fresh install failures now, when they never have been in the past?

[merlinus]

I doubt that your hdd is broken. You can use the live gparted or xubuntu live cds to completely delete all partitions, and start over fresh. You can also use a utility such as dban to completely wipe your hdd.

[Blue Dolphins]

When I reinstalled Xubuntu, I did erase all the old partitions and replace them, but Xubuntu is unusable directly after install, and I've used the same exact CD to install xubuntu before with no problems.

[merlinus]

Again, it might be best to completely wipe your hdd using dban or similar utility, from a bootable cd.

And cds can get scratched, so unless you run the test from the opening menu, you can't be sure that it is okay.