Windows XP SP3 removal and Bootcamp 2.1 update?

Having already installed the XP SP3 on my Macbook Pro, is it possible to uninstall it or restore XP before the SP3 installation and then go with the Bootcamp 2.1 upgrade? After this install SP3 again? Anyone with suggestion?
Thanks

no I got it going eventually.. the problem was i was impatient.. apparently even an hour of waiting with no response doesn't mean a hang.. If you'll just leave it overnight it will move on to the next step..
A google search shows that i'm not the only one fooled by this.. at 33 minutes to go... there are various postings by people who assumed a hang after a long period of nothing happening..
Anyway all happy now.. Thought i'd let people know if they have this issue.
1/ you CAN install XP SP3 with bootcamp 2.0. The pdf guide on the site and the install guide you print out from bootcamp assistant both say twice that you can install XP SP2 or later.. The confusion comes with UPDATES form SP2 to SP3.. It appears to do this you need to first install the Bootcamp 2.1 update in windows.
2/When installing Windows, if you get a very long period of no feedback back to you and you assume the install has hanged, if the green progress indicators are still moving it is still working, but it may take HOURS..
Hope this helps someone else..

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no I got it going eventually.. the problem was i was impatient.. apparently even an hour of waiting with no response doesn't mean a hang.. If you'll just leave it overnight it will move on to the next step..
A google search shows that i'm not the only one fooled by this.. at 33 minutes to go... there are various postings by people who assumed a hang after a long period of nothing happening..
Anyway all happy now.. Thought i'd let people know if they have this issue.
1/ you CAN install XP SP3 with bootcamp 2.0. The pdf guide on the site and the install guide you print out from bootcamp assistant both say twice that you can install XP SP2 or later.. The confusion comes with UPDATES form SP2 to SP3.. It appears to do this you need to first install the Bootcamp 2.1 update in windows.
2/When installing Windows, if you get a very long period of no feedback back to you and you assume the install has hanged, if the green progress indicators are still moving it is still working, but it may take HOURS..
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i recently tried to remove widows7 on my macbook air using bootcamp and halfway through it grayed out .The windows 7 is removed but i cant free up the 62gig partition the windows was occupying on my 121gig ssd harddrive please help

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"But moreso: Does repeatedly partitioning your hard drive and erasing and repartitioning do any serious long-term damage to the drive? I know with Windows that would create fragments, but I have heard that fragmentation is a non-issue with Macs."
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