Do I really need to reinstall Windows partition when upgrading to Leopard?

I've installed Leopard and installed the Leopard drivers in Windows. Now Startup Disk control panel does not show the Windows boot option. I can use it by holding down the Option key at boot time or by running BootChamp. Windows works fine.
I ran the Boot Camp Assistant and it says "This disk appears to have been partitioned by another utility, It must be erased before installing Windows" I used BCA to set the drive up (under beta of course.)
Any clue how to get back the startup disk option without reinstalling Windows? Should I really care about it?

All I did was do an archive/install of Leopard which went very smoothly. I then booted into my existing boot camp partition which was the boot camp beta/Vista Ultimate, stuck in my Leopard DVD and allowed it to upgrade the drivers. Everything went as smooth as silk, no problems. I can pick the windows partition as the startup disk or my Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard as the startup drive.
Of course I had everything backed up first just in case, but it went without a hitch. So I know it is possible to accomplish without having to reinstall windows.

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