Changing Partition Size without Deleting (bootcamp)/ Vista Question

Hi, I'm currently running windows xp and OSX together with bootcamp on my black macbook (2 gigs of ram).
I want to install Vista but I don't have anymore space on the Windows XP partition (just 4.42 gigs left). Can I partition my drives again where I get more room for my XP drive without deleting or messing up any of the information?
Also , can I even use vista ultimate upgrade on my macbook?

Hi,
I believe boot camp is not supporting upgrade version of windows OS.
Run you boot camp assistant to changed the partition size, but I think it will delete all of the XP that already installed there, but you don't need that again if you want to install Vista in that partition right?
do visit boot camp forum for more answer from their experienced user.
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