If you erase the partition containing /boot, you will break GRUB. Boot off a XP recovery CD and run fixmbr to replace the MBR before running Partition Magic.

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Perhaps it is set to look for a partition on the SSD that doesn't exist because it's MBR, but it falls back to the HDD if the SSD isn't connected. Unplug the SSD and boot to a Windows installer, and ...