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Moving data from old to new PC ?

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    #11
    Originally posted by SimonMac View Post
    Use this as an opportunity to spring clean the system, reinstall everything from scratch, but only those applications that you actually use
    +1

    Currently finishing my new laptop installation - it's amazing how little stuff I need to copy across, despite the current one being "full".

    Dropbox, four or five programs, Office, vmware, virtual machines - simple. Stick the rest on the NAS just in case there's some files I need somewhere, and be gone with it all!

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      #12
      You need to be careful to keep the same user names otherwise you'll run into all sorts of permission issues, especially with i-tunes. I know this from recent experience.

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        #13
        Surely restore from backup... which you obviously have since you learnt a lesson years ago when your data disk died and you lost 400Gb of porn.

        Or was that just me?

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          #14
          Looking at doing this myself, just purchased a T450s and once it arrives I will install Win10. Will leave the old T420s on Win7 as a failsafe.

          I have a number of external backup drives so will move stuff to that then work out what I need on the new machine.

          Quick question: after 29th July does Win 10 stop being free?

          qh
          He had a negative bluety on a quackhandle and was quadraspazzed on a lifeglug.

          I look forward to your all knowing and likely sarcastic and unhelpful reply.

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            #15
            Originally posted by quackhandle View Post
            Quick question: after 29th July does Win 10 stop being free?
            In theory, yes. MS haven't said anything about it, but thye are likely (according to the internet) to extend the deadline because they want everyone off 7 and onto 10 quickly.

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              #16
              Originally posted by quackhandle View Post
              Quick question: after 29th July does Win 10 stop being free?

              qh
              Yes.
              …Maybe we ain’t that young anymore

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