Requesting info on if WinXP software (games, music, videos, etc.) can be used on PLD?

[i-die-4-u at comcast.net]

Greetings, 
              
     I am new to Linux, and am excited to try and be freed from the slavery of 
Microsoft.  However I also am very poor and can not afford to lose all of the 
files I have collected on Win XP Home.  Games, Documents, Multimedia, eMule, 
Azureus, as well as others such as my favorites and bookmarks.  There are so 
many things I am afraid of losing that I am not sure if Linux of any variety 
would be better than my WIN XP Home Edition.  So, is there any way to port or 
use as is any of (or all of) my numerous Win XP files?  And what would be a good 
start for me to learn Linux (PLD?) code?  I do not have ANY programing 
experiance at all.  Please help me understand what I will need to know and do.

                   Thank you very much!  -  Christopher William Turner, 
Puyallup, Washington State, USA  i-die-4-u at comcast.net