hi sequin,

Suggest getting a free disk imaging back up program for use in the future. This will save enormous time in restoring your system(s) to a known clean/working state; I use such and restore to good only takes 15-20 minutes vs. days or a week or so to re-set up a clean install, updating security fixes, etc.,. Plus, should the main os drive ever die, most will allow you to use another similar drive to image a saved disk image to it in in about the same amount of time. Businesses use this all the time to save time and money, so…

Thought you might like to know.

I will be happy to provide links to good free imaging programs if you are interested.