Installing 10.6 on my 5 year old Macbook Pro

I am not sure exactly how to back up all of my items from my hard drive, as there are probably some items on it that I use, but don't know exactly where it is stored.
The reason why I mention this is I want to upgrade from 10.5.8 to 10.6. Is it as simple as putting in the disk, and just following the instructions? I don't want to do an erase and install, but I do want everything 10.6 has to offer, including the newer version of iLife etc....
Can someone please recommend or advise how to install 10.6 on my Macbook Pro including how to back up everything to an external hard drive.
If I don't back it up, I know there is a risk but I am sure this is relatively unlikely something will go wrong, right?
Or, does installing 10.6 just wipe everything on the hard drive anyway?
Any help appreciated,
(PS the OS as it states on my profile is for my wifes new Macbook!)
Thanks, Ian

Snow Leopard does not come with iLife. That is a separate program. It comes bundled with new Macs, but has never been part of the OS.
The Mac Box Set is a retail version of Snow Leopard that is prebundled with iLife. There are Snow Leopard installers only prebundled with iTunes. iLife was partially bundled with previous operating systems as outlined below:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1490798&tstart=0
You don't need to buy the Mac Box Set, unless you find the iLife applications already installed on your Mac are not compatible with Snow Leopard, or you don't have the original installation discs for the iLife on your Mac. If that's the case, contact the original owner of your machine for those discs, or AppleCare if it is a recent Mac you bought from Apple or an authorized reseller. The prebundled discs are not for sellers of Macs to keep for themselves. They should call AppleCare for you if they weren't Apple Authorized resellers in the first place.

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