On Tuesday, 22 November 2016 13:31:04 UTC, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
whisky-dave wrote:
On Tuesday, 22 November 2016 12:22:32 UTC, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
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.

That explains a lot.

But most programmes require you to install them.
Not just copy from one PC HD to another.

Which is why on the Mac yuo use migration assistant which can copy all the relivant files over to your new HD.
if on the otherhand you have a lot of crap installed perhaps programs or utilities you haven't used for years then why copy all that crap over ?.
It's a choice most computer users should make.
For most it would be an intlegent choice as to which is the best option.
I';ve seen PCs users takes days even a week to sort a new system out.