Hi Noel – That’s not SOME awe, that’s all of it!! Thank you so much. In any walk of life there’s no better advice than that coming from knowledge and direct experience. It also helps that in this case the Spock Paradox isn’t hiding round a corner somewhere waiting to jump out at me and say “nope, fundamentally that won’t work because ...”

So I’ll install via the 2022 UltraPAK first, then copy-over the healthy *old* bb content, then update with my 2024 PlusPAK plus whatever routine updates might additionally be waiting in the wings, and finally do the slow rebuild.

Just a quick check/clarification on one point if I may ask, to be sure I am interpreting your words correctly: you say “... and do the minimum install into your new computer's \bb and \Realband folders.” I wasn’t aware of a Minimal Install option, but I have now Googled it and also now appreciate why you say that is needed/important.

But .. “minimum install (the PlusPAK) into your new computer's \bb and \Realband folders.” Do I have that right? The whole thing? Or am I just taking it all far too literally and being a total pedant without realising? Won’t the minimum install simply go wherever it must anyway between Win, bb & RB folders? Or are you saying that’s counterproductive for this purpose and needs to be limited somehow (in addition to sidestepping duplications of course).

When I add PAKs, annual upgrades etc I use the Install Manager because that is clinically efficient/accurate (Spock permitting!) – I guess you can’t do a minimum install that way, so how best to handle that? I’m probably overthinking it, but when you don’t have experience to fall back on it is better to clarify first instead of redoing after! Long ago I had a Workshop teacher who used to say “You can experiment when we get the putting-on machine, but until then check everything before you do anything.” Wise words.