How do I re-install Tiger, but back up my Apps?

How can I back-up all of my files, programs and do a clean install of Tiger? Is it possible to do it that way?
Basically, I want to do a clean install but will want to have all my applications without re-installing all of them. It's quite alot. I don't necessarily want to archive and install. Want to do clean to fix some system issues.

The closest you can get without having to remove all files to an external hard drive is to put in the System install disks and be sure to click Archive & Install.
It will save all applications and files from the previous system, reinstall the system, and allow you to access everything from the old system under a previous system folder which is created in your hard drive.

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Welcome to Apple discussions.
I would probably do an archive and install:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107120
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 Cheers, Tom

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