do install vista my 2nd drive dual boot

I have just bought a 2nd disk for my Dell Dimention. My XP is old and need a reinstallation. Was thinking about installing Vista on my new drive so that I have a OS working while I re-build my C: drive from scratch. However it seems that i do not get a "formatC:" option so that I can properly clean the C: drive before re-installing XP.
1. How do I install Vista on the new Drive as a multiboot? 2. How can i get a clean "re-installation" of XP on my C: drive?

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I have just bought a 2nd disk for my Dell Dimention. My XP is old and need a reinstallation. Was thinking about installing Vista on my new drive so that I have a OS working while I re-build my C: drive from scratch. However it seems that i do not get a "formatC:" option so that I can properly clean the C: drive before re-installing XP.
1. How do I install Vista on the new Drive as a multiboot? 2. How can i get a clean "re-installation" of XP on my C: drive?

Firstly the clean install of XP: When you start up your computer go into the bios and change the 1st boot device as cd. Save & Exit then restart with the xp cd in their There should be an option on the cd to do a clean install, giving you the option to format the C:\ drive.
This is a useful guide for setting up Vista as a dual boot setup: http://www.lifehacker.com/software/top/windows-vista-beta-how-to-dual-boot-windows-xp-and-windows-vista-179906.php