How do I do factory reset & will I lose Snow Leopard

got imac from firend, want to do a factory reset to get his details off and put me in. version 10.6.8 with snow leopard.  friend says snow leopard was on it when he bought it so no disc, will i lose snow leopard if I do reset?
i'm a complete starter when it comes to apple so really could do with a little advice please.

LornaJ wrote:
got imac from firend, want to do a factory reset to get his details off and put me in. version 10.6.8 with snow leopard.  friend says snow leopard was on it when he bought it so no disc, will i lose snow leopard if I do reset?
i'm a complete starter when it comes to apple so really could do with a little advice please.
Snow Leopard came on disk, and your friends iMac had one, ask him for it. I f he can't find it contact Apple Customer Support and purchase a replacement

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