How do I set up a user on the second hard drive

Hi all,
I recently bought a 2x500gb mac mini.
When you get the machine, one HD has OSXLion Installed and the other HD is empty.
What I want to do is set up a user (i.e. desktop, documents, downloads etc etc) on the empty HD and password protect it.
In other words I want my family to have all thier user profiles on one HD and have my work user profile on the other HD.
Is this possible without installing a whole new OSX Lion on the other drive?
Thanks in advance!
Ray

After creating the account, open the Users & Groups pane of System Preferences, unlock it, control-click that account, choose Advanced Options, and change its home folder path. Alternatively, copy the folder in the Finder and use the Terminal to replace its existing home folder with a symlink to the desired location.
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