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backup games / Windows fresh install

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I have about 10 games installed on E partition
And i want to do a OS fresh install ( only C partition ) Will the games work after i do the fresh install of Windows ?
Could i make a backup and restore them after the OS install ? I already saved all the saved games, just in case.
But i don't want to install all the 10 games, after i install Windows, it would take a long time.
Any ideas, guys ? Could i use Acronis True Image, for backup, maybe ? Will that work ? Would all the games start normally, after i recover them ?
Thanks, any ideas are welcome

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No. If you reinstall OS, you have to reinstall most programs (unless they are 'portable' which most mgames aren't). They may install some components in "c:\Program files\Common" , they store information in system registry that will be lost after OS reinstall.

Just to add to Dev-anon's post, you can save any data the games have produced and restore that, but as dev-anon says, the actual games themselves will need to be reinstalled.