I did the pywallet/Multibit thing (on a backup Linux laptop that's never been used much) and it worked great. Thanks for everyone who responded.
No problemo. Nice to see a good resolution to these problems for once - too many stories about deleted/destroyed HDDs with no chance of recovery.
Solution is simple with deleted/destroyed HDDs, lol, just have multiple backups,
i mean, what are the chances that they will all get destroyed or corrupted?
I would never store bigger amounts on an online wallet, no matter how secure they claim it to be.