i have an xp1800+ on an ecs k7s5a board , 40 gig hd.i installed win 98 in c:drive . i then partitioned the drive with partition magic.i have 98 on c,d: for downloads , e:whatever , now h: iwas going to install xp pro ,going is the imperative word,everything was going fine when i got a fatal error , so after all the work i had just done i was afraid i`d lose it all. i had installed @3 grand worth the software and all the lovely headaches to go with it . i cancelled the install of xp. i had to use ext.exe to get up and running again.does anybody know what the fuck went wrong .maybe i should have installed xp first .the reason i did it this way is because i know all the software works with 98 but was not sure how xp pro would react