Thanks to Mike Hawthorne and Dalchina for their advice. Thanks to Mike for link to the free backup software. I am not expecting to get my computer back from Germany for another 7-10 days but I will...

I have only had my new desktop pc for 5 months. It was running Windows 7 pro and until my trouble started I did not have a problem using it from new.
I updated all my drivers then I did a windows...