BackupPC of course has no idea what you want to restore... and it really is up to you what you want to restore. Once you know what you want to restore (based on your own knowledge or perhaps Google to find out what directories make sense to restore), then you just select the desired files/directories in the GUI. Unlikely that any one will have done this for you as its very much an individual choice.
The best way though is to see if your new PC came with migration software and/or use default Windows migration software to copy over the basics. This will ensure that everything gets put in the right place, that ownership/perms/ACLs are properly updated, and that any changes needed for migration are made. THEN if you find anything missing, you can use BackupPC to migrate the files or just copy them directly from your old PC (which is usually even easier!) Tim Evans wrote at about 15:48:58 -0500 on Sunday, November 26, 2023: > Just ordered a new Windows PC to replace a very old one, which has been > backed up via BackupPC (rsync) to my Linux backup server. (Pretty good > black friday deal from Costco.) > > Anyone have a recipe for restoring user data (docs, e-mail, photos, > browser profiles, etc.) via BackuPC? > > Are there better alternatives? Do new (Dell) PC's come with migration > tools? > > Thanks. > > > > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net > List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > Wiki: https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki > Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
