Well, if you don't want to screw up all of your programs and shortcuts, your only option is to use your existing FAT/FAT32 partition and create a drawer (C:\AMITHLON for instance) on C: where you'll put all AMITHLON boot stuff. Your old BeOS partition will therefore be used entirely to store AMIGA OS partitions, that can be created with the linux based fdisk program (boot your PC with the small linux diskette containing the fdisk program). I did not have this problem with shurtcuts and programs as the partitions I allocated for AMITHLON and AMIGA where phisically after C:, D:, and E: disks, so after everything needed by Win98 OS and after all the partitions for programs and data, therefore on diks F:, G: etc., so no disks letters reallocation and, consequently, no screwing up. As mentioned in another reply to your questions, you can kick the AMITHLON boot from, for instance, C:\AMITHLON as long as you can enter/setup a DOS mode from Win2000, otherwise your only option is to boot your PC in a plain DOS mode with a suitable DOS boot diskette, CD to C:\AMITHLON and issue the command: loadlin @amithlon once you have properly modified the appropriate configuration file (amithlon) as to your needs (again, instructions on the HD install guide, particularly regarding the kernel file you'll need which mainly depends on the GFX card you have and the amount of memory you have in your PC). This way, Win2000 will not be running (and needs not) and your PC will be entirely dedicated at running AMITHLON. :-)