How do I set up my Snow Leopard from Leopard easily w

Hi,
Can anyone help? I am running Leopard on my iMac and have just been sent a Snow Leopard Disc from Apple which I would like to now install. I don't have an external HD but do have lots of photo's in iphoto, tracks in itunes and files and folders I don't want to lose.
When I install Snow Lopard, will all my pics, tracks, files and folders still be where they were before? Will it just have all the new features set up and everything else will stay the same?
Help is very much appreciated.
Thanks
Adam

Adam Mac User wrote:
... I don't have an external HD but do have lots of photo's in iphoto, tracks in itunes and files and folders I don't want to lose. ...
BEFORE... attempting any Major Upgrade... get yourself an External Hard Drive... and create a Bootable Clone Backup of your current Hard Drive...
By far the easiest way to make such a Backup, is to use something like
SuperDuper http://www.shirt-pocket.com/
or CCC http://www.bombich.com/
That way, should anything untoward happen during the Upgrade,
You will NOT LOSE ANYTHING.
(Get an EHD that is at least equal to your current Drive...)

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