Hard disk Partition problem.

hi,
i have mac 13" laptop, which i am trying to put 500 gb hdd. plese i need some suggestion, which way to do.
i need 100 GB for mac, then by using bootcamp i want to install windows xp, for that i need 200gb, and the remaining 200gb i want to format it by fat32, so that i can use that 200 gb from windows as well as mac. a common drive.
so, for that.. by using mac installing disk, i first partition 500gb in to 300 + 200. and installed mac o that 300 gb . once its installed then i want to install xp by using bootcamp on that 300 gb . but its giving me error, its not allowing me to do partitioning again for xp.
pelase need the solution , or some other way to manage this
thanks

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