Bootcamp/Parallels question

Ok, I've got Boot Camp on my blackbook successfully booting and running XP. My question is, can I run parallels using that same installation of XP or will I need to install XP AGAIN on another separate partition? I wanted to hear some input about this before I installed parallels. I love BC but sometimes it's nice to run a windows program virtually without shutdown and restart. I have a working copy of the latest version of VirtualPC, does VPC suck on the intel macs? Thanks!

Presently you cannot use another Windows installation with Parallels. They have such ideas under development for a future version, but it's not available on the current version.
Virtual PC does not run on Intel Macs.

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