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.
I have a multidisk backup where I put archival files that I won’t be
using actively.
--Barry
On 8 Nov 2019, at 15:20, 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.
Thanks, as always,
Nick
Nicholas S. Thompson
Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology
Clark University
http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/
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