Uninstalling Boot Camp Beta: is it dangerous?

Hi,
I installed Boot Camp on my MacBook some time ago, so that I could use both Win and Mac... Now I don't need to use Win anymore, so I would like to uninstall Boot Camp to free up some space.
I don't care about the Win files, so I can lose them all, but I'm worried about my Mac files: am I going to lose them if I uninstall Boot Camp? Is there any danger or such?
Please let me know asap!

Re-partitioning a hard drive is always a potentially problematic operation. If you used the Boot Camp Assistant to create the Window's partition, then you can use the Assistant to remove the partition and recover the space. Theoretically this should not cause any loss of data. However, it would be wise to backup your OS X partition just in case. Always better to be safe than sorry.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1799
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