Mac book pro Boot Camp / track pad

Hello, recently i bought a Mac Book Pro- 15.4 inch- 2.4 ghz- I want to run windows on the computer as a dual boot using boot camp. I noticed that parallels has an option to sorta "steal" my curent desktop PC's information and use that as the windows part. Is there a way to do this with bootcamp so i do not need to re-purchase windows? if so please share :]. Also i dont know if this is normal or not but my tackpad (edge nearest the keyboard) seems like it doesnt have very much adhesive under it, because it starts sticking up like a sticker does when its running out of adhesive. is this something easily fixed by the genious bar, or do i need to leave it for awhile.
Thanks for you help,
James Gravis

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