Fresh install of OS 10.6 and retain iPhoto Events and such

Can I use my Apple store-bought OS 10.6 disc to install a fresh copy of Snow Leopard or is there just an upgrade on it?  What I really want to do is wipe my HDD and reinstall OS X from scratch but not lose any of my itunes playlists, song counts, apps and such, as well as Events and Albums in iphoto.

Well when you go to install Snow Leopard again. Insert your Install DVD & boot while holding C, then enter your language & then just select your current HDD. Don't format obviously, and it will just write over the files again with the installation & you should still have all your data / files there when it's finished.
But again, this is a very strange thing to do to make it run faster...
But that's the answer to your original post as requested. I would strongly recommend backing up anything you need onto an external HDD as a backup, as well as maybe making an image of the current drive.

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