When installing lion would my windows partition be removed?

Before I buy Lion I would like to know if when installing the new OS whether my partition with windows on it will be removed and/or whether this would create
any problems when installing?
Cheers

By the way, I posted the above comment a few minutes ago trying to inform you of this problem, but APPLE DELETED IT!!!
This is the email I received:
Dear Bryan (Bryan Crow), Apple removed your post titled "Re: When installing lion would my windows partition be removed?" because it contained the following: Off-topic or non-technical posts
Non-constructive rants or complaints
Our terms of use, which include helpful information about using Apple Support Communities, is located here: https://discussions.apple.com/static/apple/tutorial/tou.html. We encourage you to continue using the Apple Support Communities while abiding by our terms of use. We are including a copy of your post at the end of this email for your reference. If you would like to send feedback to Apple about a product, please use the appropriate selection here: http://www.apple.com/feedback As part of submitting feedback, please read the Unsolicited Idea Submission Policy linked to the feedback page. Best Regards,
Apple Support Communities Staff ++++++++++ This message is sent from a send-only email account. Any replies sent to this address are deleted automatically by the system. ------------------------------------------------------- A copy of your message for reference: Lion WILL corrupt your Windows Partition. You WILL Lose Everything. Happened to me and everyone else. Apple's Disk Partition Engineers are complete morons. Don't take my word for it? Just Search this Forum or Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/search/lion%20windows%20partition

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