[Clinging Bitterly]

Hardest part of the whole operation is figuring out how to burn an iso CD image if you're running Windows XP.

No need to burn a CD. Just download a utility called "unetbootin" (google it). Download your ISO image then run unetbootin and have it place the image on a $5 flash drive. You could do this with any of the regular linux live CD images or the linuxrescuecd. Works like a champ.

[MichiganMan]

No need to burn a CD. Just download a utility called "unetbootin" (google it). Download your ISO image then run unetbootin and have it place the image on a $5 flash drive.

Ok, I'm going to nitpick and go on record as saying that burning an iso to a .35 cd-r to boot from is easier and therefore preferable to making a bootable usb from even a $5.00 flash drive.