Originally Posted by
DenverBrian
You can certainly use Windows Easy Transfer if you want, but when you get a new 'puter, I think of it as starting fresh. Why take the risk of transferring useless DLLs, non-functioning registry entries, and programs and bloatware you never use anymore and have forgotten?
I like your approach better. Fire up the new 'puter, transfer your data, and re-install programs one at a time.
That's exactly what I'm thinking.... There has been some noticeable inevitable slowing in the X220 and I don't want to carry over stuff unnecessarily.
So, I'll look for a day when I have little to do
I also need to take out the Gobi WWAN card in the X220, do some research about how to open up the X250 and install, figure out which programs/drivers I need to download to get in operational, go the AT&T store and have them clone the sim from the X220 onto the micro-sim that the X250 needs.
My thanks to all who have responded so far! (and to the previous poster, while I've not managed the number you have, this is probably my 10th Thinkpad. I started in 1992 with the IBM PS/Note 386 laptop and marveled at how cool Windows 3.0 was compared to my Commodore SX64
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ETA: In my belts and suspenders approach to backing up, after Mozy does its online backup (six times daily!), the Mozy software then copies/backups everthing to my attached USB drive. It should be far faster to do copy-over restore from this than from an online restore from the cloud.