Dual-boot of Win7 & WinXP

My new HP p6280t computer with Win7.  I would like to be able to use Windows XP as well, which is a dual-boot configuration.  Can you give me some advice to be able to do this?  Thank you.

I'll 3rd - the Virtual PC thing - allows you to run XP in a virtual form on Windows 7.   I found the dual-boot to be neat in concept, but prone to be messed up, if you're not careful...

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