Thanks Jim and Michael for you replies and help. I have the UK edition
In my panic (Never had a HDD crash before and never replaced one either) I got my numbers wrong. I have V8 and I had previously downloaded an update for this version but had not made a hard copy. I never made it to V9.
When the old HDD crashed and i had fitted (fitted is the correct word but you Americans only use fit) a new HDD I reloaded my V8 but as my back-ups were made with the V8 up-date installed the program would not run them. I searched my external back-up disk (My Passport) and in file history - downloads I found my downloaded V8 update.
I transferred this to my new HDD and all is well and working now.....to my utter delight.
Thanks again
Cyberdenzi