I've got an iMac with database corruption found in the DB.. What happens if I rebuild the DB, an option the Database Utility is giving me? Will it wipe out my files or will they be protected?

Hi all,
I've been having issues with my iMac, particularly with the Office:Mac Suite. I took it to the Genius Bar and they confirmed there was some corruption and decided the best thing would be to transfer all my files to the external hard drive I had brought with me. After the transfer, they completely wiped all apps off the computer, then reloaded them. They then reloaded my data from the external hard drive back to the computer hard drive. I reloaded the Office mac 2008 Suite when I got home. Since then I have hooked up the external hard drive back to the computer (it's my time machine) and all is well, except, when I open any of the programs on the Office: Mac suite, I get the following message:
There is a problem with the Office database
Office might be unable to access the database or the database files might be damaged. Without the database, you might beunable to use the Address Book, Scrapbook. and other features that store your personal information
To rebuild the database, open Microsoft Office 2008/Office, and then open the Microsoft Databse Utility. For more information, open the Database Utility application, and on the Help menu, click Database Utility Help.
I did this and it gives me the option of rebuilding the DB but it gives no indication if there is danger of losing all my files. Does anybody else know what will happen? Is there another solution? Should I simply reload the Office: Mac suite again?
Help!
Tami

Copy your DB to the internal hard drive and then run the rebuilder.
It might be the in the process of reinstalling Office the copy protection file was removed and thus you need to revalidate or something also.
https://discussions.apple.com/community/notebooks/macbook_pro?view=documents

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