Finding Files after Installation of OS X 10.5.6

Hi Everyone,
My name is CheiAnn and I am a fairly new user of the Mac and definitely a newbie to this forum - or any forum. My sons have been trying to convince me to go to a Mac and after years of "nagging" I finally gave in and got this MacBook Pro. I just love it! But I fear I have lost all my files by installing the new OS X 10.5.6. I was told by two individuals at the Apple Store that I could leave all my files on the machine and that they would still be there. During installation I was not asked about saving and install vs. erasing and install. Someone please tell me I haven't lost all my files.
Thanks,
CheiAnn

During installation I was not asked about saving and install vs. erasing and install.
There are several options for installing a new OS (which is something different from installing an update to an existing one, like going from version 10.5.5 to version 10.5.6 of the same OS). Two of these, "Archive & Install" & "Upgrade" will not erase your existing document files; the "Erase & Install" option will.
However, the default install option is never "Erase & Install" so unless you clicked the "Options" button during the install process & specifically chose this option (which will caution you about the consequences), your files should be safe.
See the support document Mac OS X 10.4, 10.5: About installation options for a more complete explanation of these options & when they are used.
But a little confusingly, the "Archive & Install" option has options of its own, & one of these does not integrate user and network settings into the new installation, instead leaving them in the archive, which is a folder called "Previous Systems." Don't worry, the user folders & settings are still there, just not in the normal locations. See Mac OS X: About the Archive and Install feature for more about this. The last section, "Additional Information" consists of links to more support documents. In the event that you did not choose the "Preserve User and Network Settings," the first of those links (How to get files from a previous home directory after Archive and Install) will tell you how to restore the items to their proper place.

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