The issue is that the kernel which has been installed with XP relates to an old system. If you do a repair install of XP you will lose no data and XP should work fine. However, you will have the issue that the install will over write the boot.ini file which will cause Vista problems.
The way I do it is, install XP whilst the Vista drive is disconnected. Once installed, reconnect the Vista hard drive and edit the boot.ini file to produce the dual boot menu.
The ownership issue can be resolved by sharing the folders.
If you need more detail just holler, but you should be able to edit the boot.ini quite easily (there are some nifty tutorials on the web).
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