Unable to install snow leopard  (update from Tiger)

Yeah, I know, it's not exactly an original thread title. I'm running 10.4.11 on a Macbook. As far as I know I meet all the requirements except that I don't think I'll be able to benefit from OpenCL. Anyway, I got the yellow caution icon and a message saying I need to run disk utility and do a GUID partition but I'll lose all data. I don't have a backup so that's not a good option for me. I thought I saw a thread somewhere describing this problem at one of the other Mac sites but I can't seem to find it. Can anyone assist?
Message was edited by: Victor Foster

Not my intention to start so much consternation. I was just venting my disappointment. Actually, If I were to back up everything, I'd need at least 100 gigs of space, which leaves me 60 gigs. That might be a bit much for DVDs, etc. No worries. It may take me a month or two but I'll eventually get an external drive. That's been on my list of need to do for far too long anyway. I know how it is to lose everything as that happened to me not long ago. If I were to be selective, I could probably get away with just backing up about 60 gigs. but the conventional wisdom seems to be you need at least one half more space than what you back up, right? So I need a 200-250 gig external drive, I think. I also need a backup scenario for my Linux and Windows boxes but I want to start with the Mac since it's my primary machine. I'm just frustrated I've been unemployed so long but I'm not alone in that I'm sure, Well I guess that's it for now.
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