Noob here... need some emergency help with a crash.
Hello all. I have been using two Seagate FreeAgent Desk 500-gig drives for backups, doing file backups on one with Seagate Disk Manager, and image backups on the other with Acronis True Image (approx. 1 year old). I have had an unexpected HD crash in my 32-bit XP box, and the boot CD that I created with Acronis software does not work. I have a new 64-bit Win7 box that I was just starting to migrate to, but I had only started the process, since the 32-64 bit upgrade necessitated more than a simple ghosting session, and now am faced with the unexpected crash and boot CD failure.
I probably want to replace the HD and restore the old machine, even though it's not to remain in use much longer, but I also want to get the new box up to speed. Can anyone suggest a methodical course of action, including downloads and/or installs I should make to either or both machines? I'm sure it's relatively simple, but panic has me unable to get my head around it right now.
Sidebar: Is there any way to make another bootable CD to try to bring the old machine back to life (since I can't do anything with it at the moment)?
Thanks in advance for any help, and apologies if any of my questions are stupid ones (I'm old...).

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