Let me apologize first - I'm a student with limited finance, only have the one computer. Assessments are started and I get reluctant to experiment.

With the two operating systems the boot drive (don't know what to call it) seems to get swallowed on installation by Linux or win one can't find the other.

Can ya enter from either one on boot ??? Is that when you dual boot cause I haven't been able to get there, or do you just get another HD.

Anything so I can be more fluent with Linux - I have never been online with a Linux OS.

Point me to the info - muchly appreciate it.

Me again - where can ya buy Linux OS's in Queensland, Australia. I don't have a credit card and I want to get a couple of new ones to experiment with.

There are over 1.3 million hits for "Dual boot howto" on google, over 17000 of which are on *this site*

Hey,

Well first u'll need to make 2 partitions on ur hdd.
It's splitting ur hdd n making look like it's 2 hdd on ur system.

u can do this with windows' fdisk(keep in mind u need 2 make a boot disk).

first install windows on 1 partition.
then install linux on the other, when u get into the installation menu in linux u'll get it.

u can download linux 4 free just go to a distro's site, or go to
http://iso.linuxquestions.org/

Yup, I deserve that. Browsing LQ I end up looking into other peoples yarns and getting lost. Didn't think to search googs.
That nickel is gonna do great, appreciate the kick up the it's a good start to the day.

To AVD_ZM

Yer right, first time I did it with Partician Magic and sought of thought I was great doin that, then PM collapsed (disk broke), tried to do somethin with my boot disk on other (old) computers and they're cactus as well.

Thanks heaps for the advice. I'm gettin all energized.

to Ben_total,

well fdisk hasn't failed me..
4 5 years, now...

as long u know what ur doing....