Need OS X Lion and Snow Leopard for iCloud functionality but I have a windows bootcamp on my mac.  Problem?

I have a windows bootcamp on my macbook.  I need to download OX Lion and Snow Leopard so I can .  If I do download both programs, will I loose my bootcamp functionality?
Much apprecitive.

In addition to what Kappy suggested, please check your Mac against the hardware requirements of Lion before starting this project.
Mac computer with an Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, or Xeon processor
2GB of memory
OS X v10.6.6 or later (v10.6.8 recommended)
7GB of available space
Allan

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