Windows XP --> Windows 7 without deleting data

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Will I be able to install a Windows 7 "upgrade" to 500GB of empty space (unformatted) at the beginning of a hard drive without the process deleting / overwriting my existing Windows XP installation in a second 400GB partition at the end of the drive?

Just about to press the button on a basket of bits to build a new PC, but it needs an OS. I have a full retail copy on DVD of Windows XP at the moment and will buy an "upgrade" licence for Windows 7 as long as it does not overwrite what I have got.
 
Do a clean install and click advanced, you can then choose the unpartitioned space and install Windows 7 on that.

If its a Windows XP 32bit to Windows 7 64bit, you'd need to do a clean install anyway.
That is what I hoped I could do but was not sure it was possible with an upgrade disk rather than a full copy. Are you sure I can do this?
 
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