Thanks for all the good advice, help, and info everybody!
I ended up hosing my system pretty bad trying to reinstall Debian a couple days ago, so now I have to reinstall windows and start the whole process from scratch. Which is ok, I actually enjoy this stuff cause it allows me to learn a great deal about computers. Once I get that process done, I'll probably be back here bothering you all for more help!
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