Upgrading to SL... bootcamp question

Guys, I haven't upgraded yet but I'm wondering if the upgrade will compromise my windows xp partition that's managed by BootCamp ?
I have a couple of games with saved levels that I do not wish to lose.
please do let me know
thanks in advance

no the update will do nothing to the windows partition. but Snow leopard disk does include new bootcamp drivers so if you want to take advantage of the new features like the ability to rad OS X partitions from windows boot into windows pop in the Snow leopard disk and install the new drivers.

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