Expired beta Boot Camp questions

My 1.2 beta version Boot Camp has expired. Holding down the option key during reboot, I still see the Windows partition as a startup option but attempting to boot into it results in a black screen (no message, no sound). I assume that's the result I should expect?
I ask because I've ordered Leopard so I will have the current Boot Camp version but all the upgrade FAQs I am reading refer to being logged into Windows to do a Boot Camp upgrade. Since I can't log in, does that mean I'm going to have to do a clean install which will require a reinstallation of all my related Windows software?

No, definitely not what you should expect. The expiration of the Boot Camp beta software should have nothing to do with whether your Windows partition boots up or not. Something is wrong with your Windows partition perhaps.
A clean install of Leopard on the Mac OS X partition also should not affect the content of the Windows partition, as far as I know. But it seems to me that you may have to reinstall Windows anyway to fix the problems you are having.

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