Reinstalling windows 7

Levi6259

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I use my SSD as the booting drive with windows 7 installed on it and I have a HDD containing my programs and files.

If I were to reinstall windows 7 can I remove my HDD so that I do not lose all my programs and files then reinsert it once windows is installed?

This may be a simple question but I have not reinstalled before and do not want to risk anything.