Boot Camp 2 issues: repartioning; DVD-drive; screen; sound; usb-power

I found various problems in version 2 of Boot Camp (included in Leopard).
1.
After removing the Boot Camp 2 Windows partition, it is impossible to recreate a new Windows partition. Somehow the windows partition is not completely removed (?) and the Boot Camp Assistent goes on forever restoring the Macintosh HD to its original (one partition) state. Strangely, you can just quit the assistant during this process without consequences. Only repartitioning the complete HD using Disk Utility resolves this (this of course requires a complete reinstallation of OS X).
2.
After installation of Windows XP Pro, Windows treats the DVD-drive (OPTIARC DVD RW AD5630-A) as a removable media, just like a USB-memory. This means that you can remove the DVD hardware from the system(using the tray icon "Safe Removal hardware") by just one click. The DVD drive then completely disappears from 'My Computer' even with a CD in! The only way to get the DVD-drive back is by restarting Windows (inserting a disk can be done but it is impossible to access the disk; ejecting the disc is also impossible (the eject key on the mac keyboard doesn't work).
3.
I suspect that there is something wrong with the video driver in windows. This can be noted for instance with the black "moon crater" as the desktop image (lower left corner) or in the windows login-screen (lower blue part of the screen). The issue may be described as pixels varying in brightness and colour in a fast way. Pixels are not "constant" and it seems like a wave is moving over these parts of the screen. It seems more or less comparable to the problems reported with Boot Camp beta 1.4 on MPB's.
4.
I also suspect the windows sound driver (RealTek) not to be ok. Every Windows sound (startup Chime, warning, etc.) is followed by a strange electronic sound, as if the sound is echoing while fading away. I did not try to play an audio CD, but I think this may result in a not so pleasant experience.
5.
When I connect my 2 GB Kingston USB-memory to the internal hub of the new apple keyboard, Windows starts complaining that there is not sufficient power. The same configuration works without problems under Mac OS X.
Has anyone similar experiences? To me it seems like Boot Camp is still in beta stage....

I also encountered problems 4 and 5:
*To no. 4: Distorted sound and background noise:*
It's exactly the same as described by HLO-HL. As soon as the soundcard gets turned on in Vista (by any program i.e. iTunes, Mediaplayer) there is this background noise. Watching a DVD is almost impossible. Listening to music in iTunes is somewhat ok, but only at high volume (so the background noise cannot be heard) and it is still distorted sometimes.
I tried about everything from installing the latetest Realtek driver, updating the Intel chipset drivers, to changing the bitrates and so on. Still no resolution found. It seems the many others experience the same problem (search for 'distorted sound Vista').
*To no. 5: Low USB power reported*
I got this message with every device I connected (no matter if it was a 2.5''-harddrive, a cardreader, a camera or just a simple memory stick ...

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Did you ever figure out what happened.....I had not backed anything up....because I had never had this issue with a piece of Apple Software Before...and since I did not even hit F3 to create the windows partition...I thought I would be safe.
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Forgot to specify:
Im using an older Unibody Macbook (back when they were not all macbook pro's) 2008ish with Snow leopard 1.6.8
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Look forward to hearing from anyone.
Many thanks
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