Mac Pro :: Move A Boot Volume (to A Partition On Another HD)?

Jun 18, 2012

i have a boot install of windows xp and windows 7 on two separate HD's in my mac pro and i would like to consolidate these (along with my primary mac OS) onto one single drive. 

can i migrate these somehow to a new partitioned drive? 

Info:
Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8), 10.6.8 with 64 bit Win7 in Parallel

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