ok, i have just completed the knoppix download after 5 hours.

btw, i am currently burning the image with nero. i read that you have to select the "burn image" selection in nero and i found it at last under the recorder menu and not the file menu.

anyway, i did not select create bootable cd as i normally would from the nero wizard if i wanted a boot cd in windows, so i a little confused as to whetehr the cd that i am burning will actually boot. i am just hoping that the boot img will have all the necessary files for it to boot, am i right?

now since this is the first time i am running knoppix, i plan to unplug all my hdds just in case smthg goes wrong as i still depend on xp quite a bit and i dont feel like reinstalling xp or lose data on my hdd.

will knoppix run with out any hdd on my pc connected? i read that data corruption can happen if i write to a hdd formatted as ntfs - all my disks are ntfs and hence the extra precaution.