[AccessD] It just goes to show ya

Further to Hans's message (this learned the hard way)... Next time you buy
or rebuild a machine, install all essential software (just the really core
stuff, your choices may vary), and nothing else. As soon as you've done
that, create a rescue disc (CD might be enough, more likely single-layer
DVD, possibly dual-layer DVD), so that everything essential can be
recovered in one swoop. In my case, this includes such utils as NoteTab,
winRAR and others, Office 2010 and SQL Server, which I deem essential;
that's a pretty big footprint, granted, but that's the essential house. It
all fits on a single DVD, and that makes it drop-dead simple to fix it all
in the ugly event of a disk-crash, etc.

I've been to Hell and back too many times to list. Finally I have a
procedure that works. It doesn't do everything, but it puts me back on
solid-footing with a couple of clicks. I can't afford TB-sized backups so I
make do with my humble means, but it works.

A.