So I've bought a new computer, it came with Vista. The thing is my brother wants to use Vista so I wanna keep it on there, but the thing is my computer came with a "Recovery HDD" which is 15GB, my question is do you think I could put Linux on there, because I've read on other forums where you can't even touch that harddrive because it will just ruin Windows.

I've checked the "My Computer" option in Windows and it does recgonize I have two harddrives, so that's a good thing, but do you think If I put Ubuntu on this HDD it will ruin Windows?

I'm no Linux noob, but I'm not sure how Windows would react to something like this, and I've looked through the recovery HDD it's just a bunch of WinRar files, but again I'm not sure.

As of right now I'm using Windows Vista, and I don't like it! Remember I have to keep it though due to my brother, so if there is any ideas, let me know! Thanks!