Can I use Windows 7 upgrade disk with my empty bootcamp partition?

In upgrading from Snow Leopard to Lion, I had to get rid of my Bootcamp partition running Windows XP in order for the Lion install to work successfully. I can run bootcamp and put in a new partition now.
I originaly backed up my Bootcamp partition with Winclone. It turns out that it's not really possible to restore a Windows XP partition under Lion.
No big loss. I don't have any real data of importance on that saved XP data.
However, I really need to install Windows 7.
The UPGRADE version is lower in cost.
But with NO WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEM  residing in my Bootcamp partition, can I use the "UPGRADE" version of Windows 7? I do have a numeric product key for Windows XP.
Alternatively, for $199 I can buy the full install version.
Thanks

Stef,
Here's a way to use Winclone. Run Snow Leopard and Lion both, on your machine. Install Winclone to the Snow leopard partition. It will work. I've done this same thing on my MBP. Lion will run well if installed clean on a separate partition. Once SL is up and Winclone is installed, you can image the Boot Camp drive easily, just as before. You can do the Windows restore via Winclone before or after the install of Lion - as long as the Boot Camp partition is set up. You can also restore it the same way. So, you have SL installed as a way to run old PPC programs and Winclone, etc. I don't know if it matters, but this is the order I installed (I tested this out on a new hard drive before touching my existing drive):
1) Snow Leopard
2) Boot Camp
3) Lion
I ope this helps you as well as it did me.
Jonathan
MBP 13, 2.3, 8 GB, 500 GB

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