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On Tuesday, 22 November 2016 13:31:04 UTC, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
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whisky-dave wrote:
On Tuesday, 22 November 2016 12:22:32 UTC, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
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whisky-dave wrote:
But sometimes it's nice to start completely afresh with a new
computer. With this method I would recover the old files off teh
old computer when I needed them or noticed they were missing,a s
sometimes you don;t reslly need all the old installs of flash
and others, just get the lastest. Paid for software might be
more risky though so be aware of serial numbers you might have
lost track of and the like over the years.

You're going to selectively copy software from one PC to another?

Well I would but as I use Macs I'm not sure what your comment
actually means. It's especailly useful if yuo have old software
which wonlt run on your new computers OS or hardware.

I know nothing about Macs. But most programmes require you to install
them. Not just copy from one PC HD to another.

Many do, many don't.

Surely with a brand new PC and therefore likely a different version of
your OS too, you'd want the most up to date copy of the simple (and likely
free) stuff that doesn't need an installer? So just download it again?

Trying to think of any paid for programme I have here you can copy willy
nilly. Sounds like a recipe for going out of business.

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