The drive was not recoverable 
I think it will take me more than a month to get back to some semblence of normalcy. I am just gaining my site and emails back, but of course lst all emails from October of last year until present (this backup was apparently taken in October).
I am currently re-downloading all the content from my sites and trying to add any emails to my system that I have forgotten… I may try to use another email client like The Bat since OE tends to have a problem with too many email accounts.
ugh – anyway, that is the deal.
Dominique – I tried that password program. I like the concept, but not sure it will work for me… I’ll keep trying it, though.