That should overwrite the original install so it will boot, while preserving access to your programs. Note that the boot files may be modified in such a way that AS will be invisible as a boot option, ...

I've been running relatively stable for the last few months. Receive a notification this morning that windows needed to restart for an update. Figure it's something that downloaded in the background ...

If you have multiple operating systems installed on your computer, or if you are trying to boot off various utility or other boot disks, you may run into problems where using an alternative or desired ...