chscag - Thanks for your help and the links.

EvenStranger - I tried using it as a virtual machine previously, but I just want to have it be a stand-alone OS. It also cut back on the computer's resources, which why Linux is minimal, I just would like to have everything in its own partition. Believe me, I considered doing that again - having it as a virtual machine, and even cutting back the Windows partition to put Linux in there (the only option presented to me when I tried the install from the disc). I just didn't like those options though. It didn't give me what i was looking for.