Re-installing tiger and keeping files?

managed to break osx a load by using some horrible font management software.
if i do a re-install with "preserve users and network settings" does this keep all my old emails, files, mp3s etc?
says Home folders and their contents will be kept in the manual but wanted to double check on here to see if anyone has done this before really!
Basically I want to have a fresh new install but keep ALL my files in a folder so i can slowly put everything back on, but i desperately need my emails

"f i do a re-install with "preserve users and network settings" does this keep all my old emails, files, mp3s etc?"
Yes.

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