Install Windows on a multiple partitioned HD

This is me:
MBP  Retina late 2013
Mac OS X 10.9.4
So I want to install Windows on my Mac, the problem is that I already have it partitioned with Mavericks and certain beta software, so i can't use bootcamp because the disc is already partitioned. I don't want to delete the beta software, install Windows via bootcamp and then partition again the disc for the beta since it is widely known that the bootcamp partition stops working. So this is what I did: partition my HD in 3, one for Mavericks, one for the beta software and the last for Windows (with ExFAT format). I already re-installed the beta software and lastly I am going to install Windows without bootcamp (for the reasons I've already mentioned). I already have prepared the bootable USB with the ISO image and the drivers and I plan to reboot, press alt, select the USB and install Windows normally in the designated partition (which is now empty), and lastly install the drivers..
This is my HD
And this is the output from terminal:
I have covered in red the name because it seems I can't post the name of this beta software, but i know you know which software I'm talking about.
So, any suggestions? I really do need running both my Mac partitions and a Windows partition, any advise, warning, suggestion would be greatly appreciated? Do you have a better idea? I really don't think that what I am about to do is going to ruin my computer, but is there anything I should know before doing this? Thank you a lot!

Regarding "Thanks for your answers, but is it possible at all to install windows on a partition of an external drive?"
You could:
1.  format your external drive "Mac" and install a bootable version of OSX on the external drive.
2.  remove the external drive's HD and install it in your Mac (assuming it is 2.5" -- if 3.5", you'll have to have leave it outside the machine tethered to the SATA connector of the laptop).
3.  boot the machine and install a BootCamp partition and Windows on the external (now effectively, "internal") HD.
4.  put the drives back in their original locations.
5.  boot the machine, use VM software to "see" the BootCamp partition on the external drive.

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