Qosmio G30 - Need two Windows operating systems: Vista and XP

Hello,
can somebody help me about procedure for next request:
I need both operating systems on my Qosmio: Vista and XP
I have two RAID drives inside my Qosmio and I have installed Vista on first one.
I tried to install XP on second hard drive and I did that (I inserted XP installation disk and sellected second drive for installation) but after installation I had just XP boot option.
I can see all Vista files on the first disc, but boot sector enables XP only. XP Windows directory was intalled on second drive, but boot.ini and some system files were in the root of the first drive.
I prefered Vista and I repeated the procedure (with my recovery Vista CD) and now I have Vista on first disk and all files of XP on second disk. I did not investigate how to obtain complete bootable XP system on second disk.
What I need:
Vista on first drive.
XP on second drive
I would like to have completely independent Windows system. That means I need boot selection by BIOS, not by Vista or XP.

Thank you for your help,
but I have solved my problem by the next way:
Fistly I installed Vista by the recovery disk.
After that I phisically removed the disk No. 1. (open the cover unscrew the hard disk and put out the hard disk).
I started the Qosmio and I was informed that disk No.1 has problem but I continued with CD boot procedure with XP installation disk inside. I installed the XP on the disk No. 2, and after that I put the hard disk No.1. on its position again.
Now, I can boot my Qosmio from the disk No.1 with Vista, or from the hard disk No.2 under XP operating system.
That is all. The screw driver has solved all my problems with BIOS possibilites and hard disk enable/disable.
Best regards,
Dragan

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