One question for the major geeks out there.

I want to dual boot 3 separate XP Pro SP2 installs.
Which would be better all around; 1 big drive partitioned out, or 3 
separate drives one for each XP install?
The major reasons are 1 for gaming, one to do my multimedia and 
graphics work and the third for internet and office stuff.
I assume I would take a performance hit if I used one drive compared to 3.
I do have the room for 3 drives, but I'm also running IDE not SATA, 
mobo has no SATA.
My specs are 2.4ghz intel cpu on a Asus P4S400 mobo, with 1-gig fast 
memory (dual channel).
Also would I need to get separate licenses for each (XP)? Or would it 
be legal to do this with just the one license?
I assume it would be ok since this is happening on one machine for just me.

Thanks

Brad Feuerhelm

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