Got XP Back..Now what?

[Richard Querin]

Now that I finally solved the problem of not being able to boot even XP (it 
ended up being a corrupt boot sector which 'fixboot' not 'fixmbr' took care 
of - thanks to all for the helpful suggestions even if they were ultimately 
fruitless), I now want to try installing Ubuntu 5.10 again, but I'd like 
some advice before I do so that I might avoid the nightmare that I 
experienced on my first try.

My current drive layout is as follows:

IDE1 slave (hdb) - 160GB
#1 primary 120 GB ntfs hdb1
(40 GB unused, unformatted space)

SCSI1 (0,0,0) (sda) - 160GB
#1 primary 75.5 GB ntfs sda1 (where XP is installed - marked as bootable)
#5 logical 10.0 GB ntfs sda5 (I could get rid of this partition)
(75 GB unused, unformatted space)


1. Should I install Ubuntu on the same physical drive as XP? This is the 
only HD shown in the list of bootable devices in my BIOS. I think the 
problem I experienced this week in creating a dualboot system was 
complicated (not necessarily caused) by the fact that I had tried to install 
Ubuntu on the other physical drive and Grub didn't seem to cope nicely.

2. I was thinking that I could use the 40GB on IDE1 as an extra data drive 
for Ubuntu or XP later on. I'd like to see how I do with Ubuntu first. What 
if anything, would I have to do to my Ubuntu install to recognize the new 
IDE1 partition if I decide to format and use it for linux later?

3. Is this the smartest way to do things? I'm open to better advice. I need 
XP and I need the 120GB ntfs partition for video editing storage, so going 
all-linux isn't possible for me right now (that along with AutoCAD 
requirements). 

Thanks - RQ
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