new hard disk help

just bought it: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATAII 16MB Cache
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Western-Digital-Caviar-SATAII-Internal/dp/B000Q82PIQ

and my old/current is: Hitachi HDS721616PLA380 ATA Device 160GB
http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=204694852&listingid=56427800

1.
i want to have Windows 7 and XP on my new one and i want to partition it 100GB(Win7)/100GB(XP)/300GB(Stuff) and merge old one (60GB/100GB) and use it as a slave (if it is recommended). maybe someone has better solution for disk partitioning (about size)?
2.
i know what i want to do but i’m not sure i know what’s the best way to do it.
so, what to do first, which software to use to partition and merge, which OS to install first (i think i know that – XP?)
3.
Thanks in advance!
Answer #1
Use Hiren’s BootCD..All the tools you need..
Acronis Disk Director to partition your new drive..Make sure the first partition is Primary + ntfs…
Norton Ghost to clone your old drive to the first partition of your new drive..
Answer #2
or take norton Ghost ver.11
here is link
http://~ Dead file host ~/files/335275944/Norton.Ghost.11.Corporate.DOS.Boot.CD.iso.html
take this and burn in CD an then make restart PC and make BACKUP FILE Norton Ghost is beter of ACRONIS !! BYE
Answer #3
if you want to just start fresh
connect the 500bg
boot to current windows (160bg) and use disk mgt to partition the new drive (all 3 primary & NTFS)
shutdown and disconnect the 160gb
install windows’es (XP then 7)
reconnect 160gb and be sure boot order is set to 500gb
Answer #4
thanks, guys!
defenitely helped me!