# Does anyone know how to backup program files?

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**Created:** [May 28, 2005, 8:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/does-anyone-know-how-to-backup-program-files/149405 "2005-05-28T20:44:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![psychtaygar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@psychtaygar](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/psychtaygar)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2005, 8:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/does-anyone-know-how-to-backup-program-files/149405/1 "2005-05-28T20:44:51Z")

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I didnt know where else to post this… but I need to know how to backup program files on to an E: drive, which is an external harddrive in this case, so I can reformat my C: drive, but all of my CDs are in storage right now so I dont have easy access to them to reinstall programs, but I do have an operating system CD.

can I just drop the files in the program files folder after the drive is reformatted? do I need another program?

PLZ HELP!  
thx

~psych

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