[Fedora-livecd-list] What happens if I partition from a live cd?

[Leslie Vincent]

I'm trying to modify some Linux labs for a class I'm teaching so that 
students can work from home on their non-Linux system using the Fedora 
6 Zod live CD on their Windows-based PCs.

One lab has them running fdisk to create a partition, though, and the 
last thing I want is to have them do something that's going to mess up 
their PCs.  Is there a way to have them play with running fdisk off the 
live CD without it affecting their PC's actual hard drives?

I'd play with it myself but I'm at home and don't have access to a 
system that I'm willing to rebuild if I mess up my own hard drive!

Thanks to anyone who can answer this.