Can I run my XP partition in Windows 7 in VMWare Workstation? -

I installed Windows 7 (dual boot configuration) a few days ago and I ve grown to really like it. One problem is I don t want to have to boot back and forth between XP and Windows 7 to get all my settings and everything from XP. Is there any way I can run XP in VMWare Workstation? Or generally, can I run a Windows partition as a virtual machine from within another Windows partition (on the same hard drive if that matters)? I know it can be done from within Linux but that doesn t help me. Thanks.

sure you can