Wipe Tiger clean and install Leopard - Bootcamp impact?

I have a Macbook Pro that I have been running bootcamp 1.4 for quite a while. The MBP is running Tiger 10.4.8 and has a few issues that has prevented me from applying latest updates. I would like to put Leopard on the MBP and would like to do a clean install (as Tiger is a bit mucked up), but am concerned that it may fry my bootcamp/XP configuration. Does anyone have any thoughts or suggestions on the best, safest way to do this and still end up with a clean install of Leopard?
tia,
Bill

Thanks for the quick reply.
So I can basically just wipe the OS X partition, install Leopard, and still have access to my Windows partition?

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