Hd died.. need to reinstall Tiger on external

i need to install Tiger on my Maxtor (firewire) external hard drive. obviously i can't 'archive and install' because i didnt have Tiger on my external drive to begin with. however, will i lose all the files on my external when i select the "install Tiger" on the external? thank ye

My understanding of what they are saying is that if you use the install option ( not erase) it will just add files to your drive superimposed on what is already there. The only danger is if you have file or folder that is identical in name +and location in a folder or series of folders+ to one that would be written to as part of an install procedure. So, for example, a folder called "Users" at the very top level of your drive (appears as one of the folders when you click on the drive icon in Finder) is an example of a folder the installer would create. If you already have a folder called "Users" at that very level it would be in danger of being erased. If you have a folder called "users" inside a folder called "TheGreatPumpkin" at the top level of your drive it is safe because I have yet to see an installer that creates a TheGreatPumpkin folder. This is why BDaqua suggested you make sure you temporarily store you existing files in a folder with some name Tiger doesn't use (you could even call it TheGreatPumpkin, just make sure it isn't "users" or "applications" or something that sounds computerese) while installing Tiger.

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