Thanks for the input. I've been slowly getting it all back together. Which brings me to new questions:

1: I say "slowly" because I have had issues with the Install Manager. I can't seem to find a way to TELL it where I want the files to go and it seemed to insist on putting them in my internal drives "User" folder. So I thought..."Ok, I can cope with that." After some reading, I went to my external drive, made a Micheal folder with a Runtime sub-folder, and then used Install Manager to download a couple of packages to the User folder. I then COPIED the Runtime folder from User to my external. I started Poser and used the "Add Library" button to point to my new "Michael" library. It said it was completely EMPTY! So I've now reverted to a One-Package-At-A-Time download a package, unzip it, then copy the files to the external drive...and they do appear in my new Michael library inside Poser.

The question is: Is there a faster way? I have (from my past) 15 pages of packages that I could work through.

2: I've re-discovered that I have a lot of clothing, eyes, props, poses for M3 and V3. (I even have some for M2 and V2). Will any of them work with M4 and V4? I kind of remember some sort of converter....am I mis-remembering?

3: It seems I've got M5 and V5 in my list of things I've bought at some point...but it seems to indicate that I need a "Genesis" figure....?

4: DazStudio vs Poser? In a simple sentence or two? (A lot of the things I see when I'm downloading my files seem to say--or hint--that DazStudio is needed...?)

Thanks all you Wizards!