Reinstalling Snow Leopard on an HD that has a Windows Partition?

It is required that I reinstall OS X but how do I do this seeing as how I have a boot camp partition? I'd like to wipe and start fresh but can I just wipe the mac part and install SL over that and still keep the windows half untouched?
Thanks in advance, and I hope I haven't left out any details.

Wow! Thanks for your prompt reply! I was just worried it wouldn't work, but I guess it will. I don't really wanna lose games off the windows side.. heheh.... I have Time Machine backups so thats all good. Thanks again!

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    Stephen

    Hi Stephen
    If you have the DVDs and had no serial number just reinstall.
    If you had a DL and a serial just use that serial number when you reinstall.
    Your personal templates are stored in:
    ~/Library/Application Support/iWork/Pages/My Templates unless you put them somewhere else.
    Just back them up and drag them back to the same location after the reinstall.
    I suggest you use *Carbon Copy* to make a compressed back up of your entire HD and mount and use that to get all your old stuff back after the reinstall. OSX has succeeded in becoming as complex if not more so than Windows (and the crowds cheered for more!), so I would not count on you having manually located everything you are going to miss after the reinstall.
    Peter

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