Boot Camp partition added to VMWare Fusion...can't see original partition

I originally installed Windows XP Pro using Boot Camp. The partition was available using the OPTION-startup to select that partition.
Then I installed VMWare Fusion and had it "use" that Boot Camp partition so I could access it while running Leopard. Now when I use the OPTION-startup I don't see the original Boot Camp partition.
I check the information on my internal hard drive and it shows a total of 290Gb available when the hard drive is actually 320Gb (30Gb for the Boot Camp partition).
I'm wondering my options:
A. Can I use a Windows XP disc to install another Boot Camp partition or will it deny me because there is one still detectable?
B. Can I restore the ability to see the apparent Boot Camp partition on the hard drive from the OPTION-startup screen?
C. Is the simplest solution to reinstall Leopard and then reinstall the Boot Camp partition?
Thanks for any help.

UPDATE: So I tried to reinstall Windows XP using the Boot Camp Assistant but after choosing to create a new 32 Gig partition, the Utility failed, said it could not be created and suggested I try running repairs on the disc using the Disk Utility.
After running the repair disk feature in the Disk Utility here's the results:
Verifying volume “XXXXXXXX”
Performing live verification.
Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
Checking Extents Overflow file.
Checking Catalog file.
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking Catalog hierarchy.
Checking Extended Attributes file.
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking volume information.
Invalid volume file count
(It should be 933882 instead of 933883)
Invalid volume directory count
(It should be 211965 instead of 211964)
The volume "XXXXXXXX" needs to be repaired.
Error: Filesystem verify or repair failed.
If anyone would like to expand on this that would be great.
Thanks again.

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