Boot Camp and Windows 7

I know this has probably been asked, but the search results are all about some newer systems and compatibility issues...
My XP Boot Camp is now officially screwed up beyond any reasonable hope of recovery. I was going to wipe BC and go with Windows 7 this weekend, as I am having trouble getting my XP disc to boot, and it's time to move on anyway. My issue is that I have lost my SL disc, so I don't have access to the latest boot camp drivers. Will the Vista drivers that are on my Leopard (10.5.2) disc work with Win7? I also have an 10.5.8 upgrade disc...would that have any newer versions of the Boot Camp drivers on them?
I have an iMac 8,1 with the standard specs, so I don't know if the older hardware is supported. I do not have a magic mouse (although I might get one sometime)...I have the standard Apple Wired Keyboard & the old Mighty Mouse.

i use bootcamp and windows 7 runs fine besides the low volume and other audio problems which have been talked about here: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2207947&tstart=0
but the drivers for everything is there. isight, keyboard backlight. etc
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Let me start off with my specs and then I will ask my questions:
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These various utilities like Tuxera are incompatible with Lion. Partly because MacFuse is incompatible. You need to remove them completely.
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I have an older Mac Pro (2006). I want to install Boot Camp and Windows. I have installed a boxed Snow Leapord on the machine. And it says the download of the Boot camp drivers cannot continue because they are not available. But at that point I have not inserted a windows disk, so how does it know i have XP?
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You're welcome
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