Hmmm so I came back and found this error:
https://screencast.com/t/EaRqmHYzIGBError shown is: "Error loading blkindex.dat"?
When I click to press ok, it just shuts it down.
Any ideas? Thanks in advance
maybe you had a sudden unexpected shutdown? sometimes the data gets corrupted, so, make a backup, i think there is a bootstrap somewhere [edit: there is, in the first post of this thread], get that, then basically delete all blockchain related files from the data folder, (or follow any instructions that come with the bootstrap)(do NOT delete the wallet.dat) install the bootstrap and sync

Yeah I have tried a few times now and its not working in any case... wondering if I do need the new wallet?