Is there a way to save my programs and still do a fresh install of winxp .

I am still running windows 98 se . But I want to upgrade to winxp home . I
have some questions . I want to know if there is a way I can do a clean
install on my C drive format then install win xp . But I want to keep my
programs and documents . I would think are not gonna be the problem , but my
programs I think will be . Some of them I no longer have the disk to
reinstall them . And over all I just don't want to go through the problem of
trying to reinstall the ones I can . I don't think just saving the programs
somewhere then just dragging them will work . I do have Ghost and I could
save my windows 98 se config to my backup partion in case I have to return
to it . Is there a way to save my programs and still do a fresh install of
winxp .
Thanks
Chuck

 

No can do with programs, as almost all use the Registry. Without the
originaldisks you can't write the settings to the Registry. And, of
course, a virgin Registry is one of the main benefits of a new install
of Windows.

Documents shouldn't be a problem. You should be backing them up anyway.
If not, then save them to your backup petition or, even better, a CD.