My computer woes are behind me, thanks to a friend who loaned me his install disks. You must only do this if you actually own the software, of course, and I do.

This is a good lesson, though. If you looked at my own install disk #1, it was a bit scratchy. I was able to clean up the scratches using one of those Disc Doctor tools that polishes out the scratches. But what can’t be fixed by any means is damage to the top (labeled) side of the disk. If you get a scratch on that you can kiss the disk goodbye.