[reboot]

To avoid having to burn any CD's (install from HD) go back to the FTP site, and into the /dosutils folder, and get rawritewin.exe and go to the /images folder, and get hd.img
Use rawritewin.exe (in windows) to create the bootdisk, using the hd.img file.
Boot to the startup disk you just made, and you'll have to select the drive and partition you have the .iso's in
Remember that Primary master is HDA, primary slave is HDB and so on.
OK, when you get to the formatting screen, just select the D: partition (in this case it will be called HDA1, HDA0 being your windows boot partition, you'll see it on the screen). REMOVE the partition by clicking on it, and select remove, then click on the (now removed, white) partition, and then AUTO.
Resize as needed before proceeding. It's all done in the install GUI.
Leave the swap at whatever it sizes to automatically, usually around 200k.
Your printer(s) will work. There's TONS of support for all kinds of HP's.
Just make sure you install in EXPERT mode, and when you get to the "choose packages" screen, go through each and EVERY package (there's short descriptions for all of them).
I'd suggest installing KDE, Gnome, and Blackbox (at least), and make sure you install the "sawfish theme manager". This gives you OVER 100 different themes for Gnome (which I prefer), and look for the corresponding (KDE themes, Blackbox themes) as well. It's just no fun with the default (boring) screen (kinda like the old Win95 faded green, yecch).
KDE is most like Win95/98 (single click desktop icons) but Gnome gives you more stuff (IMHO).
You'll probably do at least 3 complete format/reinstalls, before you get all the packages you want, and eliminate the ones you don't (streamline it), but the end result is YOURS, completely user configured.
If you're on the @home service (or any DHCP internet service) DO NOT choose the default (LAN) in the internet section, choose "cable", DHCP, and Autodetect.
99% of all NIC's are auto detected (I have yet to find only 1 that wasn't, an old NC100 10bt).