Just an update on my situation: I changed the jumpers on the CDROM and CDRW to have the CDROM as master. I formatted the 80gig HDD, to my surprise after installing XP, everything was in place! C: Windows ME D: Windows XP E: CDROM F: CDRW just like i wanted it. There was one thing i was puzzled about though, Everytime i Installed XP I had to set up a user, go through all that crap, But this time it took me right into the Administrator Logon screen, anyone know why? I did an advanced install, choose drive letter to install on and formatted from the CD.