Installing OS on new HDD

Hi, just wondering if anyone here can help me.

I have a Packard Bell imedia computer (not amazing but does the job). It currently has one 400GB hdd in, with 2 partitions. I am looking into buying a 37GB WD Raptor HDD, to install the OS on, then have the larger HDD for all my games and music.

As it is a Packard bell, it had windows xp already installed, it has a recovery console to reinstall windows on the current hard drive, but how would I go about using it to install windows on a new HDD? would i just plug in the new hdd and press the recovery option?

Thanks in advance for your help

You know we have some real Window's guru's here at OCF..
This might be better attended to in the "Microsoft Operating Systems" board.. http://www.ocforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=17

Thanks for your reply, I'll ask the question in that board.