Well, depends on what version of Linux you downloaded. Some are easier than others. Anyways, something like Red Hat, SuSE, Mandrake, or even Lindows make it easy to partition Windows off. On installation, they will tell ask you if you want to keep your Windows partition.
Dual booting is quite easy with mandrake and is straight forward during the install. You may want to defrag before doing it though - helps to have most of the windows data in set places rather than scattered everywhere
qads wrote:i got Mandrake i think...it took so long to download i forgot lol, gona give it a try tomrrow
thanks
Haha! "I think"?
Well, you should be fine with most flavours of linux dual booting. Just read the manual that comes along with it (preferably before you install it of course). Most manuals has a le grande section regarding this, Mandrake being one.