I'm sorry that you were without a "earning" computer for the last 5 months. But I'm glad that you now have a new laptop and I hope it serves you well.
Yes, the credits you earned more than 6 months ago on FC have expired. But you may me able to salvage those that don't expire until after May 31st.
If you sign up for the daily email ($.02) and do the daily click ($.15), you can earn $.17 daily. That's worth $4.25 between now and May 30.
If you work on your laptop all day (like I do), you can listen to Radio Loyalty and earn $.01 every 10 minutes when you enter the correct captcha. Depending on how much you are listening you earn $.06/hr
10 hrs = $.60; 2 hrs = .12.
Check out the Daily Videos: there are usually a few to view, tho I didn't have any when I checked just now. Might be some later for me since I looked at them early this AM.
Also check out the Daily Tasks. (Suggest you read some of the Formum entries about the Daily Tasks.)
And then there are the bonuses: the $3.00 forum bonus for posting at least 30 meaningful posts in a given calendar month. I usually have 40+ so I've comfortable that I have 30 that are eligible for the bonus. You do have to request the bonus. This won't help you in the next 25 days since the bonus is credited to your account towards the end of the month following the month you made your request (ie May 31 requested bonus for May would be credited around June 30)
There are also weekly contests worth a couple of cents. Check the Contests and Promotion section of the Forum.
I can understand your disappointment for losing 5 months of earnings on FC, but ask yourself where you will be 2 months from now.
If you stop now, you will have no earnings.
But if you ignore what you lost and look ahead to what you can earn, you could easily be cashing out $25 every month or two.
Before Radio Loyalty, I would cash out every 3-4 months doing just the dailys. With Radio Loyalty, it's possible for me to cash out monthly. I don't do regular offers any more and only occasionally try the surveys or daily tasks. But it's nice to know they are there if I need them to boost my earnings.