Is it possible to reinstall Windows without reinstalling Leopard?

When I ran the Boot Camp beta with Tiger, when I removed Windows XP and wanted to reinstall it months later, it wouldn't allow me to partition the hard drive through the Boot Camp Assistant. I went through Disk Untility and it wouldn't fix that problem. I did a reinstall of Tiger and I was able to do the Boot Camp Install. Now that I have Leopard, I installed Windows Vista and I leaning towards going back to XP. Is this problem still lingering or do I have to go through this same process all over again.

Reinstall iTunes normally; it won't affect the library. Back the library up anyway.
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Hi,
You should have no problem doing this as long as you observe the following.
1. Use a retail ( or a DVD created from a downloaded ISO ) that is the exact same version as the original OEM installation - ie if your notebook came with Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit this is the retail ( or your own created disc ) you must use.
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This is a perfectly legitimate process and is supported by Microsoft for Windows 7 - see Here.
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Windows 8 key is stored in BIOS. It will only activate the version your laptop shipped with-or was supposed to ship with, not sure how you ended up with Windows 8 Pro.
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I am going in a circle here. Your link to Contact Customer Care is how I made the post to the forum in the first place.
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http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1534227&tstart=0
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http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/02/how-to-get-music-off-your-ipod/
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