Windows can't find OSX partition

Windows, both under Boot Camp, and Parallels 6, used to be able to recognize the partition on which OSX is installed.  It stopped recognizing it and I don't know why or how to fix it.  My version of OSX is Snow Leopard; version of Windows is Vista Home Premium (32 bit).  I have been thinking of upgrading to OSX Lion.  Would that fix the problem?  I am also thinking of upgrading to Parallels 7, but doubt that it would fix the problem since Windows does not recognized OSX partition even in Boot Camp.

I don't know if it's the same, but I removed a lot of devices in Device Manager (for example the  and they get automatically reinstalled)
For example I uninstalled "Apple Broadcom Built-in Bluetooth" and "Microsoft Bluetooth Enumerator" under Bluetooth Radios and all devices under Human Interface Devices. To the point that no mouses or keyboards worked and I had to plug-in a wired USB mouse to go on...
When I say that I lost the bluetooth connectivity, I mean only my BT mouse (a MS Sculpt Touch mouse I bought yesterday. My Apple Wireless Keyboard works.
But my mouse dissapeared after reinstalling the bootcamp software and I can't for the life of me reinstall it again. It gets discovered but it gets an authentication error before pairing. Alternatively, I can right-click on the discovered mouse and check the HID BT services and when I OK it starts installing to dissapear after getting "succesfully installed drivers"

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