[FRIAM] Setting up a new PC

[Russell Standish]

On Fri, Nov 08, 2019 at 01:20:31PM -0700, Nick Thompson wrote:
> Kindly FRIAMers,
> 
>  
> 
> Do you have any advice to give, or a website to suggest, that will help me
> decide how to set up the computer I just bought.  I back up the old computer to
> a hard drive every night, and I had always thought to transfer the data to the
> new one by restoring the backup file to the new computer. But I assume there is
> a LOT of crap in there I don’t want.  SOMEBODY must have thought about this
> issue and written something avuncular for people like me. 

I always restore from backup, or from the original drive if it is
still working.  Getting rid of crap is a different task, requiring
dedication and thought about what you do or don't need. I usually do
that either when slightly bored, or when my disk is full and I'm
desparate for space.

Cheers
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