i had a few set backs, but the laptop is back up.

i initially reinstalled to get the bootmgr back up, but aborted it, thinking i wouldn't need to finish it. then, i formatted the partition and copied the data over, only to get a bootmgr error. so, i did a full reinstall, reformat and copy back and it's up and running, now.

i'm now copying data off of the pc and into the filing i was doing for the alter-reality, which was the next step, anyways.