How to add a partition for Windows XP

Hi, I recently received my T410 with Windows 7 pre-installed. I would like it to be a dual-boot system for Windows 7 and XP.
I had hoped to be able to create a new primary partition after shrinking the Win7 partition. However, it looks like my system already came with three primary partitions. They are
Volume, Layout, Type, File System, Status
Lenovo_Recovery (Q, Simple, Basic, NTFS, Healthy (Primary Partition)
SYSTEM_DRV, Simple, Basic, NTFS, Healthy (System, Active, Primary Partition)
Windows7_OS (C, Simple, Basic, NTFS, Healthy (Boot, Page File, Crash Dump, Primary Partition)
1. Does SYSTEM_DRV need to be a primary partition?
2. Since it looks like SYSTEM_DRV is just the system drivers, is it possible for me to either (a) change that partition to a logical drive partition or (b) move those files to a folder in the Windows7_OS partition? Then I am assuming that will free up a primary partition for XP and I can carry on with installing XP on that partition.
3. If yes to question 2, what steps do I need to take to do either (a) or (b)?
The steps I am currently following for making it a dual-boot system are here: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/8057-dual-boot-installation-windows-7-xp.html, and http://www.sevenforums.com/installation-setup/67236-problems-dual-boot-win-7-win-xp.html. They don't address they case where the computer already has three primary partitions, unfortunately; and I figure this is more of a Lenovo question rather than a question for that forum.
Thanks for your help.

not to put you off on what you're about to do, but depending on what version of 7 you have, pro and ultimate have an option to install a full copy of xp pro sp3 in a virtual machine within windows 7. it will integrate windows 7 files into it so you can access them. and it it actually is a full version of xp. you allocate system memory for it to run and you can either have it set to shut down which will free up the resources or hibernate which won't. although it loads much faster from hibernate.
before you do anything, i would burn restore discs in case something gets screwed. make sure you have restore points set.
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