Bootcamp won't boot when Apple Display is disconnected

When I connect my MBP to my 24" cinema display everything works perfectly on windows xp through bootcamp, however, when I turn my computer off and turn it back on without the display connected, windows won't boot and just switches itself off.
In other words: If the cinema display is not connected, bootcamp wont boot. This is slightly annoying as now I can only use windows on my desk where the display is.

Hatter - I was hoping you'd find this thread. Thanks for your help.
More info: Currently there is nothing on the second drive. I'm not trying to install Windows on it, I just want it for fast access storage, available to Windows programs.   I've re-formatted it a couple of times to see if that fixed the problem, but no luck.
Obviously, I need to read up on what GUID and MBR are.    Do you think it would work best if I put Windows on the second drive instead?
If so, is this the way to do it: I use Super-Duper to make a bootable copy of my main HDD reguIarly, so no big issue there. I've bought Winclone to make a copy of the Bootcamp partition. Can I then reformat the primary drive to FAT to accomplish the same thing as unplugging it? (It would sure be a lot easier than dis-assembling the iMac again).   Then install Windows on the secondary HDD using the optical drive and Windows DVD. Then go back and restore both drives.
I guess once everything's restored, I would use the secondary HDD to run Windows, and use the NTFS partition on the primary drive for my storage.

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