On partitions, etc.
Clarence, I VERY STRONGLY recommend you hold it
where you are and get thoroughly familiar with your
system without adding/deleting/removing/etc partitions
of any kind. Boot to NT, run it, install some software,
get familiar with it. Then you will be able to ask
intelligent questions and make informed decisions.
It is VERY EASY to do something you will regret. Whereas
almost no matter what happens unless lightening strikes
your disks (in spite of that UPS you have, right?<g>),
the worst that will happen to you is you extract some
valuable data you accumulate in the next few weeks,
rebuild the system, reload the data, and start over.
I am NOT suggesting you postpone data backups. I AM
strongly recommending you do not try to set up more
OS's, partitions, KOT strategies, partition types,
or anything else until you get a few weeks of use
under your belt.
Do you have a backup strategy for your data? If so,
use it and relax. If not, THAT is your number one
priority. You will not have so much skin in the
game for the next few weeks that you can't reinstall
the entire set of OSs from scratch if you have to.
In fact, that's not a bad idea anyhow, because you're
bound to do things you wish you hadn't as to organization.
BUT: Make those recovery disks; make those boot disks;
make those DOS bootables; rah, rah, rah!
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