I used E4 in your "Just Booting Tips" writeup to edit the XP boot.ini file, adding linux to the Operating Systems area. E4 was suprisingly easy

I'm currently typing this from Debian and, as I didn't muck with anything else, WinXP should be perfectly happy as "nothing" has changed for it.

Now? I can play with Debian while still having XP as a backup for some of the programs that I can't find linux replacements for (some of my audio editing software for instance).

Thank you so much Saikee!!!! You rock!