For me, it isn't so much an issue of being lazy as it is of being safe. If the machine is of any importance, a format and re-install is the only way I will ever trust that machine again. You never know what you could have missed, or something so new that automatic scanners don't catch, etc.
That's a good point. I generally start by trying to clean the machine, and I have that pretty automated by now. Once I've done all the basic cleaning I try to clean up the obvious damage. I don't put more than 30 minutes into repairing before I consider the machine a write off (flat rate repairs mean I can't spend hours on a machine.)
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