If I re-install my osx will iTunes Match have to upload loads of files again?

Hi
I am having some issues with my iMac freezing up and a lot of beachball incidents.  Does anybody know if iTunes Match will need to upload songs again that it needed to first time around if I fresh install a copy of OSX?  I have a reasonably large library and want to avoid the pain of how long the iTunes Match upload process took.
Thanks.
MB

So am I right in thinking that there are no '.exe' files which I would be able to save on a USB, hard drive or DVD, rather than download them again?  - it seems like a lot of information to download and I am having to use mobile broadband at the moment. Is there a DVD which you might be able to supply me that I can use in the future?
Downloading the trial of the master collection would presumably involve me downloading a massive amount of program data from adobe cloud, so I'm not sure if this would help. I really appreciate your suggestion and speedy response to my query. Please let me know if there is any other method that you could suggest. Kind regards
Rob

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