Jack,
Thanks! Nice to be appreciated AND to know that the information is useful!
One more tool in case you have a dual boot system -- or think that dual boot with Linux or another Windows OS is in your future:
Redo software is NOT Windows dependent and can be used with Both Windows and Linux Operating Systems.
Redo Backup – Recovery – Bare Metal Restore
The actual software runs off of a CD - so you can run it regardless of what your system is doing - or not doing.