<div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> The Ubuntu installer explicitly supports this configuration: it can shrink your XP system to make room for Ubuntu. </blockquote></div> The partition manger has become very user friendly. Run the live CD and make sure everything works like it should and play with the install a little bit. It is a quick seven step process to install and you can always quit at the last step until you feel comfortable doing the final step. Decide how much room to give each operating system. Google around a little bit, use some common sense and everything will be fine. tab