Running Windows XP on sata drive

I'm just waiting for my new macpro to arrive and trying to get my ducks in a row for installing Windows XP onto a WD Raptor sata drive.
Can I install XP onto the sata drive using Boot Camp, I read somewhere that SL didn't give you that option but Leapard did. I haven't upgraded my version of BC yet to 3.1, still at 3.0.1 due to some problems I've heard about with version 3.1.
I would think the Raptor drive should be formatted for NTFS, does that get done with Boot Camp during the installation.
If choosing the sata drive is not an option with Boot Camp is there a work around.
Thanks

Hi Daleslad,
all harddisks in a Mac Pro are SATA-connected, so a Raptor shouldn't make any difference to a non-Raptor HD.
The formatting of the destination disk/partition is done during the Windows installation.
See the BootCamp Installation Guide pages 8 to 10 to be found here http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/
With some OEM Windows XP installation CDs Microsoft seems to have changed the formatting step of the installation, so you might have to have a look at frederic1943 solution in this thread http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2071417&tstart=105
Regards
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