Thanks Steve. I probably should have done my Google work first as I independently found this method posted on several forums and in several articles. The various postings seem to confirm this works.

I realize a "clean" install is always better as it eliminates a lot of trash and debris you have collected and avoids leaving a lot debris from the previous operating system. I guess I am feeling lucky today and assuming that the pistol pointing at my operating system is empty (allusion to famous scene in Dirty Harry movie).

I will try this in the next week or so and post back my results.