Quote: Originally Posted by
acurasd 
Funny thing about that 1/2 gig of 3rd hard drive is that; it is created by a program or driver that is used by this computer.
Are you referring to DISK0?
This Turbo Memory controller may point to DISK0 so you
might want to keep it in place if you want to keep it and believe it's there.
http://pixel01.cps.intel.com/support...s/itm/#anchor5
As long as it doesn't become marked Active, it shouldn't interfere with the operations to recover XP's bootloader using a Repair Install, then replugging Windows 7 to set up a BIOS-based Dual Boot as given in my last post.
Uninstall Win 8 with duel boot Win 7 
