If rebuilding a DAW Hard Drive, is there any benefit to reinstalling EACH version of Sonar

 
I'll get to the heart of the question first:  If rebuilding a hard drive to freeze frame the computer and the DAW, is there any benefit to reinstalling each version of Sonar from 8.5, X1, X2, X3, Platinum Unlimited Upgrades and doing it in chronological sequence.   The only benefit I can think of is carrying over old plugins that were part of the old packages. 
 
In my personal case I don't think digging out the old Lexicon Reverb will do me any good, but I do remember using the Bass amp sim on the Guitar Rig.
 
 
Background(Feel free to ignore in favor of the question):
 
First post from a long-time lurker.    Wish the circumstances were much better and it's regrettable I haven't had as much opportunity as I'd like to be part of the genuine "community" atmosphere of assistance and passionate  dedication to detail here.  I only fantasized about the interesting questions I would throw at the group.  This one's not so interesting.
 
 
Sonar Background:  I've owned various versions of entry-level Cakewalk software up until 2010 when I jumped in on Sonar 8.5 with a Quad Processor machine and purchased each of the subsequent Sonar upgrades up to Platinum LIfetime Upgrades.   Time constraints and work-related monkey's on my back have allowed me the money to make the upgrades, but never the time to get into the work as much as I'd like( Lots of ****in' technologically advanced demos/riffs and melodies over rhythms IMHO :-) that would have otherwise been whistled into a hand held dictation machine or cell phone ).
 
 
Anyways, I always had one serious flaw in my DAW which was that I had never installed two drives, one for the operating system and one to record onto/bulk storage.  Given the circumstances, I just had a 240 Gig SSD installed(yes, they updated it with the latest Creators Update), I did not re-image the old drive onto the new(on purpose) and plan on starting over having re-downloaded each copy of my licensed Sonar software.   The goal is after the re-installs to unplug the machine from the net and "freeze frame" Sonar and the operating system. 
 
 
On a side note, I will have a busy work schedule for many months that will keep me from working on this machine so it's kind of now or never for me.  Likewise this is eating up way too much time, at a time, that is, to say the least, not convenient(not that big of a problem and my heart truly goes out to the dedicated employees of Cakewalk at this time...been there before and saying it stinks to be in that position is an understatement.  Likewise my heart goes out to anyone with bigger problems than DAW).
 
 
So,  Install them in sequence?  Or just jump right in and start downloading Sonar Platinum from the downloader ASAP and install the others later? 

If you want the older plugs, just do a custom install from the disks.

I just installed 8.5 bare bones, I unchecked everything but the few things I wanted and it worked without issue. 
I found Lexicon, Session drummer 3, LP 64 multi and EQ,  and a few I wasn't sure about like Sonitus. 
Just ran the VST scanner and they are now happily parked in SPlats list. 
 
So there you go, even though it is recommended to install versions in the order they were released it is not actually necessary if you just do a bare bones. 

http://forum.cakewalk.com/From-X1-to-Platinum-Plugins-amp-Soft-Synths-A-Comprehensive-List-m3228689.aspx
 

Content usually came on Additional Content disks. IIRC, some of the Additional Content disks did check the registry for SONAR version info. It may take a minimal install (again an advanced install option) to run these installers. There is no requirement to keep the version installed after installing the content though.

scook

Zargg
http://forum.cakewalk.com/From-X1-to-Platinum-Plugins-amp-Soft-Synths-A-Comprehensive-List-m3228689.aspx

The list I linked contains info from SONAR 3 through Platinum although I did not check it for the most recent Platinum.

I didn't notice your post until I posted, and that was the 1st link I found.

msmcleod
 
V-Vocal was cool in the day, but I find Melodyne far superior.
 

This is true but if you are stuck using Melodyne Essential, V-Vocal can fill in some of the missing features.

scook

msmcleod
 
V-Vocal was cool in the day, but I find Melodyne far superior.
 

This is true but if you are stuck using Melodyne Essential, V-Vocal can fill in some of the missing features.

The version of melodyne included with sonar cannot do "autotune" affect fx, so v-vocal could be useful if you want that sound. Honestly though, odds are you have something that can approximate same effect. I discovered recently even the nectar elements plug can do so