..with my very sincere thanks. And to JUSTLINUX,of course, as well.

"But I had this nice unused partition and it was a really nice dump.
Which seemed to work so nice except for the boot part
And I'm really gonna be working hard to see that
I never have to buy another M$ OS...ever again
[I've bought like...4 or...5(?) an' a fella still can't get no break],
Except that there a couple of applications which are
really bonded with Windoze and...."
And so and thusly he mumbly maundered on. And on.

But you know all that.

Very much appreciate all your great research and this very prompt reply.
Been wanting to work into an SSD anyway.
And at my age a big unbreakable drive will last a lifetime ..or more.

cheers