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Re: End of year survey for how much storage you typically use for your Windows program files & program data

From Arlen Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com>
Newsgroups alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.comp.microsoft.windows, microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Subject Re: End of year survey for how much storage you typically use for your Windows program files & program data
Date 2021-01-02 17:33 +0000
Organization Aioe.org NNTP Server
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UPDATE:
o <https://i.postimg.cc/bN875p8b/apk01.jpg> 1600 APKs extracted
o <https://i.postimg.cc/cLXyGjTH/apk02.jpg> 16GB of archive storage

Automatically saving all your program installers is part of a well designed
plan to allow easy (almost trivial) re-installation after a system crash.

To that end, I'm saving my EOY archive of Android & Windows-based apps
installed over the past year, where, on my one Android year-old $100
64GB/4GB Moto G7 phone alone, I amassed 1,600 APKs over the year 
(this count includes pre-installed apps & all versions that I installed and
updated, plus any programs which were tested & then deleted over the year):
  <https://i.postimg.cc/bN875p8b/apk01.jpg>

The disk space for those 1,600 extracted Android APKs (including
pre-installed system apps) is 16GB which is stored along with Windows
installers (given Android & Windows both have similar app archive needs).
  <https://i.postimg.cc/cLXyGjTH/apk02.jpg>

Windows:
a. You generally download the app off the net nowadays (most apps anyway)
b. Where you save that download to your archive at that very same time
c. Then you install a copy of that download (and delete that installer)

Android:
A. You set Google Play apps to automatically save the APK upon download
B. You set F-Droid apps to automatically save the APK upon download
C. The only thing left is to "extract" the existing pre-installed apps
   (which includes system apps, if so desired)

Note: Android has a huge advantage over Windows in that it's trivial to 
"extract" a pre-installed app, even a system app; and it's trivial to 
set Android to automagically save all the APKs you install (and every 
version of every app APK you install, if you set the right switches)
at the very time you install that app.

Hence, on Android, the archive is completely automatic (if you know how).
o See the Android ng for my tutorials on how to accomplish app autoarchive

In summary, at the end of each year, I suggest it's a good idea to archive
on an external media, all your Windows & Android program installers, both
of which are saved, automatically, at the moment you downloaded and
installed the programs (plus, if desired, all pre-installed programs).

Automatically saving all your program installers is part of a well designed
plan to allow easy (almost trivial) re-installation after a system crash.
-- 
Posted out of the goodness of my heart to disseminate useful information.

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End of year survey for how much storage you typically use for your Windows program files & program data  Arlen   Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2020-12-31 18:55 +0000
  Re: End of year survey for how much storage you typically use for your Windows program files & program data  Arlen   Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2020-12-31 19:43 +0000
    Re: End of year survey for how much storage you typically use for your Windows program files & program data GlowingBlueMist <GlowingBlueMist@blackhole.io> - 2020-12-31 17:35 -0600
      Re: End of year survey for how much storage you typically use for your Windows program files & program data  Arlen   Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-01 02:25 +0000
  Re: End of year survey for how much storage you typically use for your Windows program files & program data "Auric__" <not.my.real@email.address> - 2020-12-31 22:55 +0000
    Re: End of year survey for how much storage you typically use for your Windows program files & program data  Arlen   Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-01 02:56 +0000
      Re: End of year survey for how much storage you typically use for your Windows program files & program data  Arlen   Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-01 03:22 +0000
    Re: End of year survey for how much storage you typically use for your Windows program files & program data Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2021-01-01 00:23 -0500
      Re: End of year survey for how much storage you typically use for your Windows program files & program data  Arlen   Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-01 08:46 +0000
        Re: End of year survey for how much storage you typically use for your Windows program files & program data Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2021-01-01 07:17 -0500
          Re: End of year survey for how much storage you typically use for your Windows program files & program data  Arlen   Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-01 15:17 +0000
            Re: End of year survey for how much storage you typically use for your Windows program files & program data Arlen   Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-02 17:33 +0000
      Re: End of year survey for how much storage you typically use for your Windows program files & program data "Auric__" <not.my.real@email.address> - 2021-01-02 20:35 +0000
        Re: End of year survey for how much storage you typically use for your Windows program files & program data David Brooks <DB@nomail.afraid.org> - 2021-01-02 21:17 +0000
        Re: End of year survey for how much storage you typically use for your Windows program files & program data Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2021-01-02 16:19 -0500
        Re: End of year survey for how much storage you typically use for your Windows program files & program data Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2021-01-02 16:35 -0500
        Re: End of year survey for how much storage you typically use for your Windows program files & program data Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2021-01-04 00:35 -0500
          Re: End of year survey for how much storage you typically use for your Windows program files & program data "Auric__" <not.my.real@email.address> - 2021-01-05 16:48 +0000
            Re: End of year survey for how much storage you typically use for your Windows program files & program data Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2021-01-15 08:50 -0500
              Re: End of year survey for how much storage you typically use for your Windows program files & program data Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2021-01-16 19:42 -0500

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