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I rarely recommend partition magic frankly and really just flew off the cuff with my first post. Ideal solution is to back up all data on the drive now, and then wipe and rebuild it into probably three partitions, of 40 gb each. (approx, it's likely to not be exact.)
Anyway once so configured, you reinstall XP, and reimport your data. Allocate two of the partitions for XP, and then run your linux install using the remaining, as of yet not formatted, or allocated partition.
Come to think of it, building a dual boot system is usually a bad idea in itself, and with that in mind...get another PC on which you can install, and therefore USE your linux build.
Building a dual boot XP/linux system is possible, and manageable, but really impractical.
imho,
-bear
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