And if you go this route you won't likely lose nearly as much.
If you back up reasonably frequently (I use True Image, and a
complete C: backup to either a removable drive or to the TI
protected Secure Zone on my main drive takes less than half
an hour) you need lose no more than your most recent data
and software updates. Assuming, that is, that your OS mess-up
becomes obvious fairly soon after it happens.
Even total destruction of my machine could be recovered from
with my TI CD-ROM and my removable drive, once I could obtain
a sufficiently duplicate machine.
