[FRIAM] Setting up a new PC

[Barry MacKichan]

Trust the backup software. If they missed any essential files, they 
would be out of business.

--Barry

On 11 Nov 2019, at 13:11, Nick Thompson wrote:

> Thanks, Barry,
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> This is very helpful.
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> Are there any programs that help you move the right stuff, or shall I 
> just restore the back up to the new computer and trust that my back up 
> software knows what it is doing.
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> Nick
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> Nicholas S. Thompson
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> Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology
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> Clark University
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>  <http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/> 
> http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/
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> From: Friam [mailto:friam-bounces at redfish.com] On Behalf Of Barry 
> MacKichan
> Sent: Monday, November 11, 2019 10:48 AM
> To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group 
> <friam at redfish.com>
> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Setting up a new PC
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> The last time I had to do this, I tried the following, and it worked 
> moderately well.
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> For any software that costs me money, I put the software 
> license/serial/unlock code in my password manager (1Password).
> It helps also to try to make a list of the open-source software I’m 
> using.
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> The new computer has the basic system and apps installed.
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> I download new copies of the bought software and unlock with the info 
> in 1Password. I pass over software I no longer use.
> I reinstall the open-source software I know I will use.
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> I copy data that I know I need (mail archive, some program settings, 
> etc.)
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> I leave the rest on the backup disk, which I keep for the life of the 
> new computer, and recover stuff from it on an as-needed basis.
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> I have a multidisk backup where I put archival files that I won’t be 
> using actively.
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> --Barry
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> On 8 Nov 2019, at 15:20, Nick Thompson wrote:
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> Kindly FRIAMers,
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> 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.
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> Thanks, as always,
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> Nick
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> Nicholas S. Thompson
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> Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology
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> Clark University
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> http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/
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