if i understand you correctly you want to multiboot your box.
try this link for adding linux to the windows bootloader
http://www.linuxdoc.org/LDP/LG/issue36/larriera.html
found this for creating a bootdisk
http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/admin/arecov2.html
a great place for newbies is
http://www.linuxdoc.org/
have fun...
