Question about Bootcamp XP install on seperate drive on Mac Pro

I installed a seperate drive for boot camp and while I was running 10.4 it appeared in the control panel and at start with option key. After upgrading to 10.5 it no longer appears under in the control panel, however I can still boot from it by using the option key. Does anyone know how (aside from reinstalling XP) that I can get it back in the control panel?

After you installed Leopard did you then boot up on the Windows side and insert the Leopard CD in the drive so that Windows can update the drivers and boot camp? If not then try that and see if boot camp appears in the control panel after that.
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