Will I lose my data if I uninstall and reinstall snow lepoard?

Will I lose my data if I uninstall and reinstall snow lepard?

carolyn0816 wrote:
Will I lose my data if I uninstall and reinstall snow lepard?
You should have your data backed up off the computer regardless because even though a OS X upgrade doesn't affect users files, something could go wrong and the only way to fix it would be to erase everything and reinstall from scratch.
And like Neil said, removing OS X itself involves erasing the entire drive or partition and that of course removes programs and files in the process as OS X manages everything.
If your having a problem, there is the #8 Reinstall Just OS X, and this doesn't really erase it, but overwrites the present copy with older one from the 10.6 disk, then you use Software Update under the Apple menu to get back to 10.6.8.
But you should grab a copy of your files off the machine first if possible, because you might be having drive issues.
Create a data recovery/undelete external boot drive
..Step by Step to fix your Mac
In the future, think about making backups.
Most commonly used backup methods
If you have your personal data backed off the machine, then you certainly can erase everything and reinstall from scratch.
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