[FRIAM] Setting up a new PC

[Gillian Densmore]

@Nicholas Thompson <nickthompson at earthlink.net>
  As I've had both a:"I didn't backup in time(insert me babling
incoherently"  to "Thank god I did backup!"  I used one called Hdclone:
https://www.miray.de/download/hdclone.html

When I last needed to use it (2017-2018) more or less decided that if I
didn't remember what something was or if it was even on my disk, it wasn't
that important. It's also really nice to do a clean start thing from time
to time (in my opinion)

On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 11:22 AM Barry MacKichan <
barry.mackichan at mackichan.com> wrote:

> 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:
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> 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
>
> Clark University
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> 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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>
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> The last time I had to do this, I tried the following, and it worked
> moderately well.
>
> 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.
>
> The new computer has the basic system and apps installed.
>
> 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.
>
> I copy data that I know I need (mail archive, some program settings, etc.)
>
> 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
>
> Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology
>
> Clark University
>
> http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/
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>
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