Bootcamp with Snow Leopard and Windows XP

Hello
Previously I had used Bootcamp in a 27" iMac to install Windows XP Home for the purpose of installing Empire Total War and playing it. This all went ahead smoothly with no problems. I sold the iMac a while ago, having first removed Windows and reformatted the hard drive.
I have a Mac Pro bought in 2008 (Model identifier: MacPro3,1 ; 3.2GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon) which shipped with Leopard. I have just ungraded to Snow Leopard 10.6.8 (with software update online) and partitioned the main drive with Bootcamp. I then attempted to install the same Windows XP, which all seemed to be going well (I put it on the Bootcamp partition) until it came to restart the Mac Pro after installation. This then came up as a Disc Error and I could only shut down by holding the start button in. I have now removed the Windows partition with Bootcamp Assistant.
As this all worked perfectly with the iMac, Windows XP and same OSX Snow Leopard I don't understand why it wouldn't work on the older Mac Pro. Although, having said this, the instructiond did only mention newer versions of Windows - 7 and possibly 8.
Can anyone tell me please, is there a way of making this work with WIndows XP (as it worked before with the iMac) or do I have to buy Windows 7 to make it work?
Thanks in anticipation of your help.

Using Disk Utility
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1782
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1417
To Resolve Startup Issues:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1417
Format and Partition:
http://macs.about.com/od/applications/ss/diskutilformat.htm
http://macs.about.com/od/applications/ss/diskutilitypart_3.htm
http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/partitioning_tiger.html
http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/how-to-partition-your-hard-drive-on-mac-os -x-snow-.html
http://pondini.org/OSX/DU.html
http://pondini.org/OSX/Home.html

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