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You could go to www.crucial.com to see what RAM they suggest. Whilst you might buy elsewhere, their suggestions about types/speeds/sizes will be reliable.
All the best,
Denis
You could go to www.crucial.com to see what RAM they suggest. Whilst you might buy elsewhere, their suggestions about types/speeds/sizes will be reliable.
All the best,
Denis
Don't think you will ever use more than 8G. My suggestion is to buy (4+4)G
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Is there an application that 1) takes the path to an app and 2) watches all the files + Registry hits that second app uses, with the option of filtering (eg. show only use of the Registry + INI files) so that I can see what it does?
That would be an easy way to see where each app saves its settings, and just copy/paste into the new host to avoid having to reconfigure each app manually.
You can use MS SysInternals Process monitor to do that but it is not a simple tool to use. It monitors everything and you have to filter the records to see what you want.
MS SysInternals ProcMon
Using Process Monitor to capture system events - Sophos
ProcMon - how to monitor a specific file - TenForums
How to Use Process Monitor to Track Registry and File System Changes - Winhelponline
How to Use Process Monitor and Process Explorer - HDG
How to use Process Monitor - SAP Blogs
Best of luck,
Denis
I would buy another disk, preferably an SSD and install Windows 11 or 10 64-bit there. I would dual boot with Windows 7 32-bit. This would give me the time to install my old applications one by one while still having a fully working system, so no hurry. After I would install all my applications on the 64-bit system, I would copy all my data and make sure I am 100% ready to replace my old system. I would then remove the old disk to avoid any fatal mistakes and I would keep it as a backup. I have done the same since Windows 98. I dual booted with Windows XP before fully adopting it. I then dual booted XP with Vista, then 7 with 10 and I will dual boot 10 with 11. It is the safest way.
Thanks for the tip.
This is what I did, with a KVM switch.
I'm currently almost there, and just switch back and forth at the tip of a button.
A few notes about installing from clean:
1. Take your time. In first day, I would install OS, drivers and minimum essentials apps only.
2. For rest of week, slowly install the apps in order of importance or that you need to run them now.
3. For free or shareware try a tool like Chocolatey.org which is a package manager and can install many apps at once!
4. Keep copies of software on a external hard disk or USB for easy access and save time downloading them again.