Will I lose my photos currently in iphoto

I will soon be upgrading to Tiger and realized that I will need to also upgrade to iLife. Since iPhoto is not part of Tiger, how do I recover the pictures currently stored in iPhoto? Will the current library still be accessible once I install iLife?

Hi termite,
Are you doing an upgrade, Archive and install, or erase and install?
What version of iPhoto are you running now?
Purchasing iLife is always the best option, as it is easy to reinstall if you ever need to.
Backup your entire iPhoto Library folder to an external or to DVD and it will be safe.
Tell me the steps you are going to do for the installs and I'll tell you more from there.
Lori

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