In as much as it will only cost time, meaning you won't loose any thing you gained in regards to playing for any length of time. In a worst case, one can always delete the entire game and then reinstall just ED from their download file at Frontier. Not being a computer geek and not understanding some of the suggestion that geeks offer. I just delete and reinstall, using the time in between to connect with my wife who is so gracious as to allow me to play ED for the number of hours I do.