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*13th Generation Intel® Core™ i5-13500 vPro® Processor
 
*13th Generation Intel® Core™ i5-13500 vPro® Processor
 
*Memory: 2 x 16 GB DDR5-4400MHz (UDIMM)
 
*Memory: 2 x 16 GB DDR5-4400MHz (UDIMM)
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*2 x DataPort to HDMI dongle. My monitors have DataPort inputs, but these dongles are $25 for two, so if I don't use them, they might be handy to have on hand.
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*2 x DataPort to HDMI dongle. My monitors have DataPort inputs, but these dongles are $25 for two, so if I don't use them, they might be handy to have on hand. Update: the DataPort inputs on the monitors work fine and it is easy to switch between HDMI on the old computer and DPort on the new one during the transition.
 
*M.2 SSD Gen4 boot drive (1TB)
 
*M.2 SSD Gen4 boot drive (1TB)
 
*Integrated ethernet and graphics (no extra hardware)
 
*Integrated ethernet and graphics (no extra hardware)
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*3 in 1 card reader for camera cards ($5)
 
*3 in 1 card reader for camera cards ($5)
 
*2 x Storage kits for installing my 4TB Raid 1 content storage.
 
*2 x Storage kits for installing my 4TB Raid 1 content storage.
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==Raid Physical Move==
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The plan is to just move the drives. Windows should recognize them as a raid. Update: There is a function in the disk manager for rescanning the disks. I had to do this to get the system to recognize the mirrored volumes, then it went into an extended time of "resynching," presumably the check that the volumes are properly synchronized to form a raid array. Based on research, I think I was supposed to disconnect the mirrored volumes from the original system before I moved them.
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During resynch, one of the drives started with 100% utilization, so the raid was very slow. After waiting over night, the two drives are running at just over half utilization (resynch 65% done), so I was able to do a backup on the raid.
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==IP address==
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This machine is on 192.168.1.71 connected via ethernet
  
 
==Software==
 
==Software==
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***Topaz Sharpen AI
 
***Topaz Sharpen AI
 
***Topaz JPEG to RAW AI
 
***Topaz JPEG to RAW AI
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**LibreOffice
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**LibreOffice done
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**Messenger (Meta)
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**Messenger (Meta) done
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**Norton 360
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**Norton 360 done (removed license from old machine)
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**VLC Media Player
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**VLC Media Player done
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**EPSON sCAN
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**EPSON sCAN (saving until scanner is physically attached)
 
**TurboTax 2023
 
**TurboTax 2023
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**PyCharm Community
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**PyCharm Community done
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**Python 3
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**Python 3.12 done
 
**Synology Drive Client
 
**Synology Drive Client
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**Adobe Acrobat
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**Adobe Acrobat done
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**Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop (This manages all my adobe prescription stuff)
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**Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop (This manages all my adobe prescription stuff) done
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**iDrive (cloud backup)
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**iDrive (cloud backup) installed, not transferred yet
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**IrfanView
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**IrfanView done
 
**JAlbum
 
**JAlbum
 
**Solidworks
 
**Solidworks
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**Disk Drill (recover deleted files)
 
**Disk Drill (recover deleted files)
 
**WinDirStat
 
**WinDirStat
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**VEGAS Pro 18.0
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**VEGAS Pro 18.0 done license transferred
 
**Elgato Video Capture
 
**Elgato Video Capture
 
**FireFox
 
**FireFox
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**Chrome
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**Chrome done
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**Google Drive
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**Google Drive done
 
**UltraEdit, UltraCompare
 
**UltraEdit, UltraCompare
 
**Oracle VM Virtualbox
 
**Oracle VM Virtualbox
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***And VMs I have
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***And VMs I have (VMs copied)
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**Kindle reader
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**Kindle reader done
 
**BitTorrent
 
**BitTorrent
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**Better File Rename
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**Better File Rename done, but problem with the license
 
**CyberPower UPS software
 
**CyberPower UPS software
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**Discord
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**Discord done logged in through qr code on phone
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**FileZilla
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**FileZilla done -- still need to add ftp server login stuff
 
**Git for windows
 
**Git for windows
 
**LinuxLive USB Creator
 
**LinuxLive USB Creator
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**InkJet printer support stuff
 
**InkJet printer support stuff
 
***But we never use that printer, so maybe we just get rid of it...
 
***But we never use that printer, so maybe we just get rid of it...
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==File Transfers==
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There are a lot of files in my user area and on the C drive that need to be copied over. Doing this with an external ssd as a sneakernet. My main content is on the V: drive, a software RAID that I will physically move to the new computer.
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*User area files:
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Lots of documents going back through history. This needs to be cleaned up, but for now, I am just moving them over.

Revision as of 09:35, 24 April 2024

Overview

EJBDESK is 6 years old and will not run any Microsoft OS beyond Windows 10. It is also obsolete in other ways, particularly the boot drive, which is a SATA SSD, and a 6th generation Core i5 processor with 4 cores. I am replacing it with a Lenovo S3 tower workstation that I bought through the Intel Retiree purchase plan with a pretty good discount on April 9, 2024.

Hardware

Lenovo ThinkStation P3 Tower Workstation. This is a full size tower, so there is room to add stuff

  • 13th Generation Intel® Core™ i5-13500 vPro® Processor
  • Memory: 2 x 16 GB DDR5-4400MHz (UDIMM)
  • 2 x DataPort to HDMI dongle. My monitors have DataPort inputs, but these dongles are $25 for two, so if I don't use them, they might be handy to have on hand. Update: the DataPort inputs on the monitors work fine and it is easy to switch between HDMI on the old computer and DPort on the new one during the transition.
  • M.2 SSD Gen4 boot drive (1TB)
  • Integrated ethernet and graphics (no extra hardware)
  • No WiFi, no keyboard, no mouse.
  • 3 in 1 card reader for camera cards ($5)
  • 2 x Storage kits for installing my 4TB Raid 1 content storage.

Raid Physical Move

The plan is to just move the drives. Windows should recognize them as a raid. Update: There is a function in the disk manager for rescanning the disks. I had to do this to get the system to recognize the mirrored volumes, then it went into an extended time of "resynching," presumably the check that the volumes are properly synchronized to form a raid array. Based on research, I think I was supposed to disconnect the mirrored volumes from the original system before I moved them.

During resynch, one of the drives started with 100% utilization, so the raid was very slow. After waiting over night, the two drives are running at just over half utilization (resynch 65% done), so I was able to do a backup on the raid.

IP address

This machine is on 192.168.1.71 connected via ethernet

Software

  • Windows 11 Pro 64

Installation Plan

  • Reinstall all software I want to keep
    • Topaz tools
      • Topaz Photo AI
      • Topaz DeNoise AI
      • Topaz Adjust AI
      • Topaz Gigapixel AI
      • Topaz Studio 2
      • Topaz Mask AI
      • Topaz Sharpen AI
      • Topaz JPEG to RAW AI
    • LibreOffice done
    • Messenger (Meta) done
    • Norton 360 done (removed license from old machine)
    • VLC Media Player done
    • EPSON sCAN (saving until scanner is physically attached)
    • TurboTax 2023
    • PyCharm Community done
    • Python 3.12 done
    • Synology Drive Client
    • Adobe Acrobat done
    • Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop (This manages all my adobe prescription stuff) done
    • iDrive (cloud backup) installed, not transferred yet
    • IrfanView done
    • JAlbum
    • Solidworks
    • AVS tools
      • Audio Editor
      • Document Converter
      • Disk Creator
      • Audio Converter
      • Image Converter
      • Media Player
      • Video ReMaker
      • Video Converter
      • Photo Editor
    • Disk Drill (recover deleted files)
    • WinDirStat
    • VEGAS Pro 18.0 done license transferred
    • Elgato Video Capture
    • FireFox
    • Chrome done
    • Google Drive done
    • UltraEdit, UltraCompare
    • Oracle VM Virtualbox
      • And VMs I have (VMs copied)
    • Kindle reader done
    • BitTorrent
    • Better File Rename done, but problem with the license
    • CyberPower UPS software
    • Discord done logged in through qr code on phone
    • FileZilla done -- still need to add ftp server login stuff
    • Git for windows
    • LinuxLive USB Creator
    • Perigee copy
    • PrivateInternetAccess
    • Visual Studio Code
    • WinRar
    • Zoom
  • Possible reinstalls (not on day one)
    • Folder Size Explorer
    • Autodesk tools
    • OpenShot Video Editor
    • AOMEI tools
    • Amazon Photos
    • Handbrake
    • NX Studio (raw file software)
    • InkJet printer support stuff
      • But we never use that printer, so maybe we just get rid of it...

File Transfers

There are a lot of files in my user area and on the C drive that need to be copied over. Doing this with an external ssd as a sneakernet. My main content is on the V: drive, a software RAID that I will physically move to the new computer.

  • User area files:

Lots of documents going back through history. This needs to be cleaned up, but for now, I am just moving them over.

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