How to dual install Vista and Windows 7?

Hi,
I have a question about setting up windows 7. But Im trying a slightly different approach. I have a drive on my Mac Pro that has Windows Vista on it. But I would like to put Windows 7 on it too. I dont know if i have to partition the drive to do this or can i just install it along side Vista? Thing is before i installed Vista I used disk utilities to partition the drive to 2 equal partitions but when I went on it to put Vista on it somehow Vista took the whole drive. So i have Vista on there and all set up but now I'd like to add Windows 7 without destroying Vista...How can I do that? Do i have to use the Mac OS and partition it and install or is this something I should do from the Vista side?

None. You have everything you need.
Windows 7 DVD
Vista
And if you want another Paragon CampTune for resizing partitions.
For backup, Vista, no need to buy Paragon or Acronis. WinClone is free and handy too.
Trouble with Macs, or any computer, there are always different ways to get to same place.
Backup, and then try, that is all anyone can do. I had Vista SP1 for work, Vista SP2 beta for testing, and Windows 7 beta to give it a shot, and I like W7 better.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1866970&tstart=0

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