I thought my hard drive was going to have to be wiped so I shot an email to BeerSmith asking if my code would work if I had to reload the program and if I could copy the recipes to another drive. He responded back right away with this:
Hello,
Yes on both counts - your key will work on reload, and if you export your critical files (recipes, ingredients, etc) you can reload them later. I recommend using the File Export command to export your recipes and then repeat this for your grains, equipment, hops, and other data you might want later.
Cheers!
Brad Smith