ok people, if for some reason you have to format your hard drive,

you dont have to re download spec forces from ea downloader.

before you format just burn the file "electronic arts" to disk, then when you reistall windows copy the folder back to c/program files.

then once you re download the downloader (5mb) and log into your ea account from it it will just renstall sf straight away.

i have done just now for the secone time.