Thanks Uranium,
I came across that article myself (eventually) and it turned out that I didn't have the specified Registry key (which I've now added). I flagged the article up to Asus who've sent me a rather embarrassed reply admitting that they weren't even aware of the problem.
Most of the programs that were having trouble seem to be now working - apart from Partition Magic itself which still zaps the drive if I try to create, delete or rename a partition that begins (or spans) the 131GB boundary.
This afternoon, I'm going to a big computer fair near my home and I'm going to see if I can find an alternative to PM. Acronis (which I'd never heard of) has been recommended to me
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