Nick. As to backing up the current drive. Do as others sugest. And not as this slacker did. Cloud as well as a plain regular USB hard drive. HdClone https://www.miray.de/products/sat.hdclone.html worked fine for me to do that FWIW..
On Sat, Oct 13, 2018 at 6:20 PM Nick Thompson <nickthomp...@earthlink.net> wrote: > Hi, Tom, > > I will look into this when I get my new computer. > > > > Right now I am entranced by my disappearing hard disk space on my old > one. I just went out for coffee and while I was gone another half-gig > disappeared from my available hard disk space. > > I assume that SETi has taken over my computer and has squirreled away > martian communications in some sector unavailable to my view. > > > > Another possibility is that something is gone crazy with the hibernation > function on my machine, such that it keeps adding to the hibernation file, > rather than deleting it when I “awaken” the machine? > > > > It’s kind of inspiring. I am in the grip of something larger than myself. > > > > Nick > > > > Nicholas S. Thompson > > Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology > > Clark University > > http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ > > > > *From:* Friam [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] *On Behalf Of *Tom > Johnson > *Sent:* Saturday, October 13, 2018 10:42 AM > *To:* Friam@redfish. com <friam@redfish.com> > *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] Advice on configuring computers > > > > Nick: > > This might be of interest > > > > > NETWORK TOOLS > > Back to Top > <https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=1e092d287c&view=lg&permmsgid=msg-f:1614134185451886307#m_-7531049746289431570_top> > > <http://scoutr.pt/g50137> > > *SEAFILE* > > *SCIENCE* > > www.seafile.com <http://scoutr.pt/g50137> > > Seafile is a cloud storage solution similar to Dropbox or Google Drive. > However, unlike those services, the Seafile server is self-hosted on > hardware controlled by the user. Users can interact with their files in two > primary modes. In the first mode, using the Drive client, files are > downloaded as needed without an initial synchronization step. Copies of > files that are in use are stored locally, both for speed and to provide > offline access, but users don't need to have space locally for all their > cloud files. In Syncing mode, a library of files is synchronized to the > local device. After the initial synchronization, only changed portions of > files are sent over the network. In both modes, users may opt to enable > client-side file encryption, which encrypts files prior to sending them to > the server. Seafile desktop clients are available for Windows, macOS, and > Linux. Mobile clients are available for Android and iOS devices. Seafile > servers are available for Windows and Linux. Home users may be interested > in the Raspberry Pi version. [CRH] > > > > On Sat, Oct 13, 2018, 7:34 AM Nick Thompson <nickthomp...@earthlink.net> > wrote: > > Ok, folks, .... the mystery continues. > > Of the 12 G I freed up on my computer moving stuff to the external HD and > deleting stuff AND deleting the trash AND cleaning up system files, > repeatedly, all but 5 G had been replaced 24 hours later! I had done > nothing on the machine in the meantime but answer email. > Are you SURE that there is no way that some program has gone berserk an > is busily cloning stuff on my HD? Are there any programs that are prone to > that sort of thing? Outlook? Firefox? > > Just double checking. > > Nick > > Nicholas S. Thompson > Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology > Clark University > http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ > > -----Original Message----- > From: Friam [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] On Behalf Of Marcus Daniels > Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2018 9:44 PM > To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <friam@redfish.com> > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Advice on configuring computers > > How about $10 a gallon gas and $2000 / month rent? I'd settle for that. > > On 10/11/18, 12:14 PM, "Friam on behalf of Nick Thompson" < > friam-boun...@redfish.com on behalf of nickthomp...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > Thanks, Barry, > > But we Puritans think that currency inflation is one of the wages of > sin, and if we spend less money, the world will returned to an earlier > State of Grace. I still remember 25 cent gasoline on Ashby Avenue in > Berkeley. That's what gasoline SHOULD cost. > > Nick > > Nicholas S. Thompson > Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology > Clark University > http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ > > -----Original Message----- > From: Friam [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] On Behalf Of Barry > MacKichan > Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2018 12:36 PM > To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group < > friam@redfish.com> > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Advice on configuring computers > > This may not be any consolation, but these “dollars” you speak of, > thanks to inflation, are what we used to call in our childhood, “dimes”. > > --Barry > > > On 10 Oct 2018, at 12:30, Nick Thompson wrote: > > > I HATE to spend more than 1K for a computer. It seems a mortal > > injustice, an assault upon my mongrel puritan soul. 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