Question : Triple boot 3 XP images from same hard drive

Using a removable rack drive for the operating system HD on my desktop, I have three different hard drives with XP installed on each -  (1) has all  my audio/video "stuff", (2) all database & productivity software and (3) bare bones XP version for program testing and messing around. I back up each drive with Acronis, so I have complete images of each drive.

I want to use a single 250 MB drive, create three primary partitions and then install the Acronis image for each version of XP, one in each partition, and then be able to create a boot menu to select which system I want to boot. That's where I am stuck. After I get the three inmages on the drive, how can I create a boot menu?

Is there a good reliable (and easy) boot manager that will do what I need to have done?

Is that the best way to accomplish this task or does anyone have other suggestions?

Answer : Triple boot 3 XP images from same hard drive

There's no problem installing as many different OS's as you want on the same hard drive [I use a 1TB drive with 8 choices;  but have another system with 16 boot choices on a 500GB drive (mostly older OS's and a couple Linux installs).

However -- it's best to install them in a manner that they're completely hidden from each other, so there can be no interaction between the different OS's.   To do this, I use Boot-It NG, which is not only an excellent boot manager, but also a superb image/restore utility -- I use it to keep images of all my installs;  can easily restore from any image;  and can easily add/remove any OS I want to try or no longer need.

See my comments here for a bit more detail and a look at my current boot menu:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Microsoft_Operating_Systems/Windows/Windows_7/Q_25014408.html#26159903