HIM666

Hi I got this crazy idea. I want to develop my own operating system. Not to compete with an existing system. But to learn more about how an OS works and how to communicate with a PC on a low level. Assembler and C++ is the weapon of coice. Although I for obvious reasons don't want to rewrite my Master Boot Record on the harddrive while testing the system, I thought that perhaps I should use Virtual PC 2004 for testing. How ever I don't really know how I can load my system in to one of the Virtual Harddrives that VPC creates. Anybody has an idea??