Posting Disruption

Some bizarre update bug struck my system this morning and wiped out almost all of my customizations, about half my registry, and all my shortcuts. I’ve spent several hours deleting stuff in general, moving crucial files, reformatting a drive, running system checks, and making sure it wasn’t a virus. At this point, my system is restored to about where it was last August, but I’ve added a lot of programs and things since then. What software is still installed has no registry entries. ALL my email and browsing records, including stored addresses, are gone. I’m stuck re-installing software, and won’t be doing much writing for a bit.