Partitioning with XP and Compaq?

[heroinjunkie]

Hello, i am very confused with my situation and need some help. What i want to do is make 2 separate partitions out of an 80GB drive on a brand new Compaq presariao with all the ****ty built in hardware. It has a recovery disk and a WinXP disk that can only be used with it.

I started off using a Partition Magic 8.0 wizard that let me create 2 separate partitions, one C: and one F: ok. So i click my computer and look at the new partition i made, is that it? Do i have to (can i) install WinXP OS to the new partition to F:? How do i? I tried putting the restore cd in but that basically just reformated everything.

Im trying to use C: for programs and such and F: for Media files.

Im basicaly asking for idiot termanology here, for i feel like one right now. The Win help interface is not helping me at all. Thanks in advance.

 

[Xaotic]

If you've got PM 8.0, you can use the recovery CD to install, then resize(shrink) the partition and create a new media partition.