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I recommend you install directly to the drive without having a dual boot which will be complicated to get out of later. Here is a way to do a clean install booting from the Win7 installer without having to have any previous OS on it:
http://www.winsupersite.com/win7/cle...rade_media.asp
After the install you can plug your XP back in and visit it by changing the boot order in the BIOS, or just access/transfer its files through explorer.
Today we had a dozen guys here wanting to bail out of their XP already, each one with multiple complications. It is not an easy job, especially being walked through it over the internet.