When I set up my new box in 2020 and moved to Linux, I picked up a 12TB backup drive. I was extremely disappointed because it didn't just provide additional storage, but created a backup file that could only be used to restore the source system. When I tried to use it to transfer media files from the old system, for some reason it only took a portion of them and when I connected it to the new system I didn't get all of them. If I want to listen to my Sea Hags collection, or other rare mp3's, I'd have to break out the old laptop, and I'm unwilling to tolerate the non-free OS anymore. I want to launch the backup drive to the moon, but really I just don't know enough about Linux to move files from the old winblows laptop to the 'new' (now 4 years old) Linux system, and just blame the backup drive for my stupidity.

I console myself by reading about competent people making things work properly. I look forward to computing vicariously through you in this forthcoming series.

Thanks!