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Duff-Man says....the archive and install in 10.5.x no different from that of 10.4 or 10.3...if done properly (ie - read the prompts carefully and make the right choices) you should not lose any data....oh yeah!
 
But always make sure you have your data backed up - mistakes happen.
 
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