Quote:
	
	
		
			
				
					Originally Posted by  jake21
					 
				 
				The hardest part is knowing which games have to be "deactivated" before you reformat the disk. 
			
		 | 
	
	
 Yeah, it is terribly annoying.  Nowadays, I have a solid backup system though, so I never really need to do that, but most people do not.  Reinstallations are common.
When I did not have a backup system, I usually try to avoid wiping out the original disk too.  Just good computing policy.
It is a shame that such anti-piracy methods cause such grief to legitimate users though.