help saving programs before school re-imaging!

hey my fellow mac users,

signed up here hoping for some help and insight for something im worrying about. i start school in about 2 weeks and we have a laptop program going on there. i have just a reg old macbook i got last year and when we go back to school, they are re-imaging them with updates and new software? im not sure.

but my question is, i have two specific programs that i've purchased (those being logic express and propellerheads recycle 2.1) and i've heard that when the tech people re-image our laptops, everything will be deleted off. how can i save/ prevent these programs from being deleted? do i need an external hard drive?

any help would greatly be appreciated.

thanks,
jc

 

^^ Yeah, I have no idea why they have to re-image as well.

The program was just introduced last year so they gave you an option to either purchase your laptop or lease it for the school year. I purchased mine so I get to keep it over the summer heh. But I suppose I'll just re-install the disks, I was just hoping to keep them on the laptop or transfer it somewhere else (external drive) or something.