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Acronis True Image 11 Home Backup question

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Is it possible to back up all the data and programs on my hard drive EXCEPT windows files? My Win XP installation is not working correctly and I hasn't since I got this product and I need to reformat but don't want to have to reinstall all the programs I have. Is there a way to do this? Thanks for your help.

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There is no way to do this. You would have to separate somehow the parts of the registry that is for Windows only versus for your programs. In Windows, programs and OS are tightly linked.
You best shot is to reinstall Windows on top of your current installation.
You can/should backup your data before fiddling with the installation.