My sympathies, I just went through the ordeal myself. Re-installing SH3, updating it to 1.4b, getting rid of Starforce, installing JSGME and SH3Commander etc. Instead of GWX I decided to try NYGM for the first time. It's a nice change and a lighter load on my old laptop. Now I get a savegame loaded in under 10 minutes when it took at least 20 minutes before. Maybe you can make a good deal out of bad and try a new super-mod yourself