WIll you lose photos when it ask you to upgrade your library?

Im updating my MBP to Mountain Lion and am now updating my iPhoto to iPhoto '11 and when doing so it ask me to update my photo library. Will doing this have the possibility of losing all my photos?

Again
Yes
Make a copy of your iPhoto library prior to upgrading [the library in this case ]
And it sounds like you do not regularly backup. If you do not sooner or later you will lose everything. All of your files including your photos. Seriously you should purchase an external ard drive at least 2 1/2 times as large as your main drive and start running Time Machine
LN

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