If I install Bootcamp will I lose apps I already have installed on my computer?

I've been using my mbkpro for over a year now, so if the process of trying to setup Bootcamp at this point means my drive gets wiped, it would take me forever to reinstall all my apps and files from scratch.
So my query is:
1. Can I install Bootcamp WITHOUT needing to reinstall 3rd party software and everything in my Home folder, and my OSX and iLife software?
2. If that is not possible, can the reinstalling be "softened" by "just" copying everything over from a bootable external hard drive back up?
3. If a bootable backup would work, will it also work for my 3rd party apps (eg: Adobe apps, camera software) not only photos and saved text files, or OSX?
4. And what is the best way for me to go about making a Bootable back up onto an external HD? I currently use Time Machine - would this work, or would I need something like Carbon Copy Cloner?
Leading from that 1 further thing:
If i were to install Windows, I need a min of Windows XP SP3 or higher for one of the things that i want to use it for (a game.) When I searched thro the discussions I found some threads that mentioned that you would need to install a copy of SP1 before even upgrading to SP2... is this true? I never use PC's and know very little about them or their OS...
Thanks in advance for any advice you can give!

Ro Hui wrote:
Thanks for replying, this sounds really useful.. I always thought when I partitioned a drive it erased anything I had on it already ( it's been a few years since I last did this so can't remember really ...)
Partitioning doesn't delete anything from the hard disk. It just uses free space of one partition to create a new partition.
Ro Hui wrote:
- when i partition my HD (internal) the process of partitoning will NOT wipe anything that's already there?
You don't lose anything. However, you must be careful during Windows installation, because you have to format "BOOTCAMP" volume (if you are going to install Vista or 7), and you have to install Windows on that partition. If you don't do it, you will lose your files.
Ro Hui wrote:
- and I should partition my external HD ( is the one i use for Time Tunnel back ups ok?) and make a bootable of my clone onto this before anything else?
You are right

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