[Storm27]

As I've mentioned elsewhere, I've just suffered a catastrophic failure of my hard drive, with the result that although most of my data is backed up, I'm going to have to install all my programs etc from scratch on a new machine in the next few days. Generally, I'm confident of tracking down setup files and knowing what I'm doing, but I don't use ADE enough to be confident about what I need to do.

Can anyone point me to some really clear instructions for installing ADE on a new machine if you already have a user ID and account (as opposed to an install from scratch where you want to create a new ID)?

I also can't remember at all what my user ID and password are, what format they take or how I access them. (If someone can let me know what the format is, it will probably jog my memory.) I also can't remember whether I attach the installed program to my ID on my computer or on the Adobe website.

Finally, am I right in vaguely remembering that there is a limit on the number of machines you can add to an ADE account? Is there any way to remove my old machine from it given I have no more access to the computer? I know I can't buy any epub books with ADE security or re-download any I already own until I have a machine linked to my ADE account or I won't be able to read them on other machines, but is there any reason not to register my work computer (which I don't normally use for personal purposes) to ADE and buy books now to be transferred to my new home computer once it arrives?

Sorry to be asking such basic questions -- I still use Mobipocket as my primary e-book format and hadn't realised how little I remembered about the ADE setup process.