i think that you can also use software that permit you to put xp's partition to be bootable: 1.DOS fdisk 2. Debian(only put xp's partition to be bootable and you can stop your installation). --------------------------------- Découvrez une nouvelle façon d'obtenir des réponses à toutes vos questions ! Profitez des connaissances, des opinions et des expériences des internautes sur Yahoo! Questions/Réponses. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20070328/48282828/attachment-0005.html>