[xCensored]

I have Windows XP Professional, and Media Edition, on two seperate partitions. The pclinux 2007 I downloaded and burned ISO to CD, installed and ran great. The thing is, now that it's installed, I have no idea how to get back to that OS because in the boot menu, I only see Windows XP Professional and Media Edition. Help?

[saikee]

You may not have installed the PcLinux boot loader correctly.

Any boot loader, including the one for XP, can be installed in either

(1) The first 512 bytes of a hard disk generally called the MBR (Master Boot Record)
or
(2) The root partition where the operating system has been installed.

The boot loader in the MBR controls the booting.

Thus you have two OS but one MBR. You need to decide which one to control the MBR. Both XP and PCLinux can do multi boot and you can restore either of them in the MBR. All the relevant commands are in the last link of my signature.

In your case you should restore PCLinux boot loader, which should be Grub, into the MBR. You can do so with the Live CD.

Just boot it up. If PCLinux is stored in the 2nd partition (must check this yourself) it will be known as (hd0,1) or the partition 1 of disk 0 as Grub counts from zero these commands in terminal will restore Grub in the MBR

sudo su
grub
root (hd0,1)
setup (hd0)
quit
reboot

In a standard installation PCLinux's installer would have included Xp in the booting menu. If it doesn't post the file /boot/grub/menu.lst here and we can correct it for you.

[xCensored]

I'm confused. What happens after I click LiveCD during installation? What do I do then?

[saikee]

If you click Live CD that means no installation.

The installer will detect you PC settings, configure everything and expand the system into the rams. You still have a full Linux to work with but on power down the operating system disappears.

If you choose an installation the system will be stored inside a hard disk and there is no need to have the CD in every boot up.

[xCensored]

That cleared my problem up. But what link do I click on so where I don't need the CD every boot up?

[saikee]

The majority of Live CD will have an option for "hard disk install" at the front end when the system CD is booted.

If you miss it out you can reboot the Live CD and find it again. Tapping any of the the function keys, like F1, will stop the prefixed timer allowing you to read the menu indefinitely.

You can also check the Linux while running as a Live CD. The installer is often shwon at the desktop or inside one of the menu.

95% of the Live CD Linux can be installed just searching its menu system at the desktop.

PCLinuxOS prides itself of being "simple" and it is one of the easiest one to play around with.