Can i reboot my macbook without the startup disk and then upgrade to snow leopard

I am using OS X 10.5.8 which i believe is leapard and i am looking to wipe my hard drive and start from fresh with snow leapord or even straight to mountain lion (if thats possible without going through all the upgrades such as snow leapord, lion, etc).
I dont trust the Apple Time Capsule based on the reviews so i could also use advise on an alternative to store my data (about 50 GB) in the intermin of the "wipedate".
Thanks for you help,
skamens

Unless you install Mac OS X 10.6 onto a different partition, doing a clean install will erase iLife. You won't be able to reinstall it from a retail package unless otherwise noted.
(67778)
So just to clarify i will no longer have or have the ability to have iLife?
If a friend of mine has Mac OS X version 10.4.9 and Snow Leopard (OS X 10.6) will that solve my issue?
thanks,

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