A small problem is that drive C: is not C: until an OS boots and assigns such a letter. In fact, the concept of a drive letter is pretty much a Microsoft OS contrivance. It may seem that I'm being a bit nitpicky but as you dive into filesystems and other OSes, you'll understand that Kansas is not so flat after all.
The usual is to partition space for XP, install it on that partition (it's not called C: until the OS boots!) and then boot the Mandrake CD and take it's offers to install. A dual boot menu will be setup for you to use.
There isn't much to research here since the last time I did this, I mostly clicked OK or answered very simple questions.
About NTFS, Mandrake 9.2 does that fine, but you won't use NTFS as the native format for the Linux partition. Hint: Use what the install offers...
Bob
I have a couple of Installation questions: 1) Which is installed first and if Linux can I still install XP on C.?,2)Have been using NTFS,Does Mandrake recognize this format? Any assistance will be greatly appreciated.
Richard

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