Install windows xp and windows 7 on mac pro

I have Mac pro. I already installed windows xp on it but now i need to install windows 7 as well. So i need to have 3 os on my mac pro Mac os 10.6.2, Windows xp, and Windows 7. I m trying bootcamp (v3.0) to create one more partition for windows 7 but it looks like it is asking to format Windows xp partition first and then create new for windows 7. Can i have 3 os on Mac pro?? if yes how do i install them?
Any help is highly appreciate.
Thanks

@The hatter
I tried installing windows 7 by creating partitions for it but some how my windows XP got overwrote in the process. Actually my mac pro has Mac os x and windows xp (installed using Bootcamp) and i created one more partitions for windows 7 (FAT 32). During installation the first error is file system error as windows 7 installer expect NTFS for partitions so i formatted FAT32 and installed windows 7 on it..
Can you suggest me any other way to install Windows 7 along with XP and MAC os x
Thanks

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Background
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adddrivers.cmd
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dism /image:c:\appleboot\mount /add-driver /driver:c:\appleboot\drvrs /recurse
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mountboot.wim.cmd
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With regards to the Intel(R) USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller drivers they are the ones that are provided by apple via boot camp assistant.
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