Satellite Pro U500 - multi-boot with Win 7 and Win XP

Good gentlemen,

Please help me with this query I have.

I just bought a Satellite Pro U500 with Windows 7 installed. I also have a TOSHIBA Windows XP product supplied with the laptop recovery DVDs. Was told I could downgrade to XP with the DVD.

I want to install Win XP in addition to the existing installation of Windows 7 on a different partition, I intend to create.
Can I create a create a separate partition and then use the recovery TOSHIBA Windows XP product DVD to install Win XP on it?

Am just worried I might spoil the on the laptop's recovery partition?

Basically, I want to be able to run the current Windows 7 and Win XP on my machine and want to know the best way to do it without damaging the existing TOSHIBA recovery partitions.

I want to use the recovery DVDs TOSHIBA Windows XP product to install XP on a new partition with windows 7 OS.

Thank you

STRAPPING

Hi-band,
+ downgrade to xp + means that you are not allowed to use your win7 installation any longer...

ask problem "dual-boot":
burn a DVD restore *, choose from the start menu

After that, you can choose partition wich you like "sacrifice" for xp and install it...
XP can't 'see' the install of win7, but you need a Boot Manager to boot both systems (xp is crushing the win7 boot code)

or you go the other way:
installation of xp and then install win7
This has the advantage that win7 offers you the ability to boot xp from the bootmenu.
in both options, you lose the hard drive recovery!

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