Boot Camp Killed Time Machine?

I'm going to try to offer the short version of this story...
Using Boot Camp I created a Windows partitiion and, using the Boot Camp instructions available from within the Boot Camp assistant, got XP Home installing. About halfway through the install (after it's asked you to configure your time zone and network settings etc.) it locked up. Having no other option, I powered it off. When I turned it back on it went into XP Home however I couldn't do the next step of installing the software off the OSX CD because for some reason it wouldn't read it.
I started the Windows installation again, this time it gave me a BSOD. So, I rebooted, held down the option key, went into OSX, ran Boot Camp and killed the windows partition. I remembered that I had difficulty with this copy of XP Home before and went after my XP Pro CD.
I started the Boot Camp process over again, creating the partition, however this time when the installation got to the section of picking the partition, the Boot Camp partition wasn't there. So I had no choice but to cancel.
Giving up and not wanting to mess with this anymore, I rebooted into OSX and once again deleted the partition. This time I noticed my Time Machine drive was no longer showing up on the desktop and the backups said they were delayed because there was no drive. So I reboot and I'm brought to a black screen saying there's no bootable media. I reboot, hold down option and boot into OSX. Still no Time Machine drive. I reboot again and once again see the "no bootable media" error. I'm stuck in a loop AND my Time Machine drive simply isn't mounting.
Being that I deleted the windows partion and OSX is the only thing that comes up on an option-key reboot - I don't quite get why it's looking for the Windows install disk. I also don't get where my external hard drive has gone. I should mention I have unplugged it and tried to force it to remount with no luck.
I want to run Time Machine and get things back to normal... but I can't because what has caused the mess to begin with has also killed Time Machine. Help??

Ok so I got my external drive to be recognized again by plugging it in via firewire but still no joy on the Boot Camp. I guess I'll just try again and see what happens.

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A. when you say you can boot from corresponding installation media - you are talking about my Windows 7 and Windows XP install disks?
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D. can i /PLEASE/ ask you to help me understand the types of virtual machines i can create on the 2012 with Parallels 10? right now i just hooked up a Windows 7 virtual machine from Parallels 7. so this is a "true virtual machine". but i can somehow also now create a "boot camp virtual machine" where i can EITHER boot into the boot camp or into the virtual machine? i mean, i guess what we are discussing is a way to CLEAN the Windows 7 BOOT CAMP INSTALLATION on my 2006 by putting the hard drive into the 2012 and to then - well i guess i then create a WinClone of the Boot Camp install and i run the WinClone MIGRATION procedure to get this boot camp on the 2012? /then/ i run parallels and hook up this Boot Camp install in the new machine?
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