Mandrake killed Windows

[SFIKE at twa.com]

 I tried to install Mandrake 7.1 in a dual-boot configuration with Windows
98. Unfortunetly, Mandrake over-wrote Windows and took over the hard drive
for itself. Not good.

 Mandrakes partitioning tool, in the installation process, is confusing at best
and very inadequate at worst. Especially for a novice user without
documentation to go by as in my case. I didn't have a clue to what was to be
done when I got to this step in the installation process, and Mandrake's
partitioning tool was no help. I ended up doing what I thought was correct and
somehow ended up letting Mandrake take over the entire hard drive for itself.

 At least Corel Linux won't do this without giving you fair warning. Corel
Linux is the only distro that I've been able to successully install with
Windows in a dual-boot configuration, so Corel gets a pat on the back and an
"at-a-boy" from me for that!

 I was wondering if someone could help guide me throught this difficult and
confusing step in installing Mandrake in a dual-boot config on my hard drive?

Thanks,
Scott