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<div class="plaintext"><p dir="auto">The last time I had to do this, I tried the following, and it worked moderately well.</p>
<p dir="auto">For any software that costs me money, I put the software license/serial/unlock code in my password manager (1Password).<br>
It helps also to try to make a list of the open-source software I’m using.</p>
<p dir="auto">The new computer has the basic system and apps installed.</p>
<p dir="auto">I download new copies of the bought software and unlock with the info in 1Password. I pass over software I no longer use.<br>
I reinstall the open-source software I know I will use.</p>
<p dir="auto">I copy data that I know I need (mail archive, some program settings, etc.)</p>
<p dir="auto">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.</p>
<p dir="auto">I have a multidisk backup where I put archival files that I won’t be using actively.</p>
<br><br><p dir="auto">--Barry</p>
<p dir="auto">On 8 Nov 2019, at 15:20, Nick Thompson wrote:</p>
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<div lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Kindly FRIAMers,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>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. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks, as always, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Nick <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Nicholas S. Thompson<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Clark University<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/">http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></blockquote>
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