#HDD setup#
Everything seems fine...... XP still boots smoothly

I was scared when I turned on the machine..... but to my SURPRISE I found :

1. ACCESS IBM button was still functional..... which means that PRESDESTOP area is fine.

2. XP booted very smoothly... it did give a message suggesting some changes have happened in the HDD and asked me if this needs to be fixed.... I chose the option of not fixing anything and to carry on with normal boot up.

3. FAT 32 partition was showing in MyComputer

So, all is well so far.....