PC Inept need help

[Gogs]

Hi Forum

My dual hard drive dell has just thrown a fit and corrupted itself, or something along those lines. I am getting new CDs for windows XP sent out but it will mean formatting and reinstalling the hard drives which means lost data. Not the tragedy it would mean to some as I've only had the thing 3 months and not used it that much. I know I can install SHIII along with the OS and other programs on one drive and keep the game saves and .doc files and things for backing up on the other. I know this because I read some clever Joe here talk about it but I cant find it and I have no idea where to start. Can somebody point me in the direction of a URL that will help or give me some advice. I think that knowing this will help with mods - being able to fix things if I stuff everything up.

I sit at a computer all day and I'm familiar with the software I use but I do not have a scooby about this stuff. I pop the CD in and generally say yes to the default prompts.

Thanks for any help

G