partitioning the hard drive- if you have a large one it is nice to have it divided up for safety, backups etc.

my 320gig is in 3 sections - 1 for Linux ubuntu {the dual boot part of my system}, 2 is a copy/clone of my XP on the other hard drive for backups and if a major crash, 3 is blank but I can use it for storage or add another Linux prgm if I want to.

Usually the partitioning adds drive letters
by default -
c is main drive unless someone changes that
d & e are the cd/dvd drives
f,g,h etc are the other partitions
if you plug in a usb drive that adds more drive letters also


a dvd player should plug in to the vcr or possibly the cable box -
most likely the VCR - if not in the front the hookups are in the back.