so i am running out of space on my primary drive, and i want to possibly make my sl;ave the primary and drop the primary i have now ( its only 20 gigs) is it possible to put all my program files on a dvd, and reinstall windows the replace them? or would it be best to just reinstall the programs as i go along?What you're proposing will not WORK.  Programs install to the Program Files directory, but they also put files elsewhere, notably in the C:\windows directory.

You could use a program like Norton Ghost to copy the entire hard drive - you would have more success with that.You could Do as Rob Says And Ghost the WHOLE HDD

But i think it would be Cleaner if you did the Full Reinstall, sure it will take a lot longer, but you'll have a more tidy system afterwards, because you WONT install the Stuff you haven't used in months, and all the Left over crap form long gone Programs wont be there any more

But either way make sure you BACK up your important DataAye, that's a better solution.Yay , Approval From rob, makes me Feel Complete  ok then a full install is what it will be, THANK you all for your help