[FRIAM] Setting up a new PC

[Nick Thompson]

Thanks, Russ, 

Are things sane down there?  

Is it to Australia that we FRIAMMERS can retreat when the madness becomes terminal?

When Putin strolls upon the otherwise empty Northern Hemisphere stage and gives is triumphant soliloquy?  

The situation in Britain seems beyond crazy.  Did you know that after the presently anticipated devolution of the UK.... Scotland, Wales, and after much grumbling, Northern Ireland, a radical new plan is forming for a Wessexexit?   Who needs those bloody Celts in a Pure Anglo Saxon Britain?  

[sigh]

Nick 

Nicholas S. Thompson
Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology
Clark University
http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/


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From: Friam [mailto:friam-bounces at redfish.com] On Behalf Of Russell Standish
Sent: Friday, November 08, 2019 2:33 PM
To: friam <friam at redfish.com>
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Setting up a new PC

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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