@Raven,
I understand your frustration as I also have had my share of problems with iDrive.
One thing I did, and you alluded to, was to 'start over." Unfortunately my initial attempts to do so did nothing to resolve my problems (iDrive service not starting or stopping at random intervals).
Here are the things I tried and you may have already done some or all of them:
1. Reinstall iDrive over current installation (did nothing to correct the problem)
2. Uninstalled iDrive and then reinstalled (fixed the problem for a short period of time)
3. Used a third party uninstaller that scans for left over components. I use IObit's Uninstaller (ver 5.2). It is a free download from iobit.com. Then reinstalled iDrive (fixed the problem for a while)
4. Used IObit Uninstaller to remove iDrive (including running the "Powerful Scan"). I then cleaned the computer's registry using CCleaner (a free tool from piriform.com). Once these steps were completed, I installed the latest version of iDrive from a fresh download and I have had very few problems since.
You might want to give these steps a try before you scrap iDrive altogether.
Hope this helps.
GrandpaLarry