Can I install additional Windows Partition?

Hi,
I currently have a Mac Pro OS X 10.5.8 with a 500 GB HD (primary) with Boot Camp 2.1 with a 220 GB Windows Vista (32 bit) partition running on my system. Works great.
I just purchased an Western Digital Black Caviar 1 TB internal drive and I own an unused copy of Windows XP SP2.
Can I partition my new drive (secondary) with Bootcamp Assistant and create a Windows XP partition that I can boot up into as well as my Vista partition?
Please Help!
Thank you,
Leapstepman

So are you technically saying that Boot camp doesn't allow the user to add more than one Windows installation? I know it doesn't allow more than one install per a volume. But I was hoping to split my 1 TB drive into 500 GB partitions and allocate one partition to OS X and the other to the new Windows XP install.
I found below info but it wasn't 100% clear to me if it is saying only one Windows partition per each volume or one Windows partition period.
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From Boot Camp 2.0 FAQs:
I have more than one hard drive, can I install Microsoft Windows on any drive?
You can install only one Windows partition on any of your computer volumes. The Setup Assistant will allow you to partition drives, or to install Microsoft Windows on an entire drive if it does not contain Mac OS X.
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Leapstepman

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