Tuesday, January 05, 2010
The File Transfer Dance
I had to buy a new computer because something (I think the motherboard) on my current one is getting squirrely about recognizing the USB ports, which as you might imagine is a bit of a problem when you have a USB keyboard and mouse. It arrived last week (thank you, big pre-Christmas sale), and now I have the task of figuring out what-all applications and data I need to transfer over. I'm going to keep the current desktop for use with my slower games for now, so only the business applications and higher-end games need to go over. Here's the list so far, in no particular order:
Microsoft Office
Adobe Acrobat
All my creative writing
Several thousand resume documents
Several thousand mp3s
Fallout 3
Bioshock
The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion
TurboTax 2009 (plus my old returns)
Firefox and Thunderbird (yes, I can download these)
My e-mail inbox and Internet favorites
Hmm, not as bad as I thought at first.
Microsoft Office
Adobe Acrobat
All my creative writing
Several thousand resume documents
Several thousand mp3s
Fallout 3
Bioshock
The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion
TurboTax 2009 (plus my old returns)
Firefox and Thunderbird (yes, I can download these)
My e-mail inbox and Internet favorites
Hmm, not as bad as I thought at first.

