Ubuntu & Partitions - Confused !!

Greetings fellow Linux Lovers,

I'm having a spot of bother with conflicting advice & opinions as to
how one should set up a Linux (Ubuntu) partition on a Win XP Pro
machine.

Here's my scenario:
1 Hard Drive, 150Gb. Prmary Partition C: with extended Partition containing 4 Logical Drives E:,G:,H:,I:

I:\ is the smallest drive at 15Gb and I want to sacrifice this to use
for Ubuntu.

Do I delete the partition in Partion Magic 7.0, leaving Grub find it and install the OS & Loader ?.

I don't want my C: partition touching in any respect - I've already suffered three XP crashes this year.... and don't want another :)

Any help, thoughts, ideas greatly appreciated.

TIA
The Ossifer.
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