Macbook air camera not detected

The built in camera suddenly stopped working. Its detected in the system profiler but when opening image capture, it says its not detected.
For photo booth you simply have a black screen. Been told that re-install the operating system but will this wipe everything? Help!

Just try rebooting.
If that doesn't work try smc and pram reset.

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