Ha, yeah, that's a good policy. Reformatting is not too big a deal for me, in that I have all my important stuff on a separate drive, so backing stuff up isn't a problem. The part that makes me procrastinate is having to reinstall all those little programs that I tend to take for granted. Plus I suddenly have to remember all those passwords after two years, etc... It's a pain, but it was worth it to get my video capture back.