> As a Windows "jockey" I have to say that you do NOT want to buy an > "upgrade" version of Windows XP. If you want to retain Windows, then do > yourself a favor and buy Windows XP Professional (last I checked it was > $149 with any hardware purchase at General Nanosys). Also, you will want > to run WinXP on an NTFS partition, not FAT32. Be aware that would be the OEM version (which is what I usually buy) and will not upgrade an existing OS. That's often OK because clean installs are always better anyway... Windows or Linux. Prices online can be very good: OEM XP Home is $79, OEM XP Pro $121 at compuplus. > Everything I've seen has said install Windows first and then install > Linux. Personally, I would install Windows on the entire disk, > defragment, then use BootIt Next Generation to shrink down the Windows > partition to the size you want. Then install Linux on the remaining disk > space. If you keep your "/home" directory and install Linux exactly the > same as you had it, it should work/look the same as before. I would (and have) partition first, then install Windows, then Linux, avoiding the whole partition resizing issue. Personal preference. You should already know, as a Fedora user, that it will want to make LVM partitions. I would not recommend LVM for dual boot or anything but a dedicated server where uptime is important... unless you want to learn new recovery techniques if the drive gets corrupted. (Hard lesson learned!) Chris Schumann