this was how I did it when I use to use norton. I would use the windows file and tranfer wizard to save norton files. then I would install xp then norton then tranfer the files back. this is where people mess up. they install the settings first, then install the program which destroy most of the saved data
also most programs save their updated files and settings to the C:\Documents and Settings\Yourusername\Application Data
and not the program files folder