Restore CD for XP in combination with double HDD on Satellite Pro P300

On my Satellite Pro P300, there are two hard drives, two 160 GB.
Currently, Windows Vista Professional is installed, as it was preinstalled.
On the first disc, there are 3 partitions, an EISA partition, a partition to boot Vista and a partition for HHDRecovery (contains the image for Vista product Recovery).

In Vista, there is an option for backing up the computer. This offers the ability to completely restore Vista to the situation at the time of the backup.
I did a full backup the first complete hard drive (partition 3) PC and saved on the hard disk of the second.

Now, I want to use the recovery provided product Toshiba for Windows XP to install Windows XP on the laptop.
I guess that the first hard drive will be completely crushed, but I don't know if the second disc will also be replaced.
Does anyone know if my data on the second drive will be lost when using the product for XP Recovery?

I want to keep the data on the second drive, because it gives me the option to restore the laptop to the situation with Vista without reinstalling/activate applications.
Also all my personal files are on this drive.

I doubt that installing XP should touch the 2nd HARD drive, but for peace of mind, you can temporarily remove the 2nd HARD drive before installing XP.

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