Hi, Sticks. I wouldn't worry too much - the vast majority of restore disks include full copies of all preinstalled software. There's only a few horror stories out there, compared to thousands of successful ones.

Forum rules allow me to express what you feel about them for you: $%$^ &$%& & %&%*%* _^(** $^$ &&^% ! (random typing - no spacing characteristic of any word not found in a dictionary 30 years ago).

At least that's what they used in the Marvel Comic books when I was a kid.

Or was it Mad Magazine?

Good luck!