[FRIAM] Setting up a new PC

[Nick Thompson]

Hi, russ, again, 

I just discovered that my new computer comes up in my directory for my old one.  So.... I guess I COULD just transfer EVERYTHING on my old computer onto my new computer.  

But surely this is a sheep-dip moment, and I should transfer only data, emails, and other stuff in the backup.  

Save me from myself. 

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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