Hard disks fail all the time as well as slipups with the delete key.
If you are not ready for a total hard disk failure, then you are not ready to install any other OS.
Please complete your backup first.
Bob
Can someone point me in the right direction. I am using WinMe as C OS and want to either partition C Drive and then load Win2000 _or_ I have a USB HD and could load Win2000 there. I have the Win2000 CD, Partition Magic but am afraid to mess with it too much (newbie) and do not want to loose my WinMe files.

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