Quote Originally Posted by ๖ReS View Post
I do have an external HD, I could back almost everything I have up onto that, then reformat. That would work right ?
yeah, that might work. there are softwares out there that will actually make a special image file of your HD, and copy it. Then, when you finish formatting your normal HD, you can then use this software to re-burn the image back.

i think it's called Acronis tru-image