Bobby,
Just reviewing where we are, it all looks very good. Even the install was rather quicker than I expected (the result of it being to SSD I think)
It has struck me that, as the underlying user ID (an internal Windows registry value) on your new install is likely to be different to that on the old machine, restoring any data may throw you the googly already mentioned above.
Put simply, if you used a disk formatted as NTFS to take your backup(s), then the Windows permissions will have gone with them. (With the amount of data you've flagged, NTFS disk is a strong possibility). It therefore protects the data from you, as a "different" user, but users with admin rights (as the installer, you do) can "take ownership" when invited. You should do so if you get a prompt.
If you're working on a folder, it will then adjust the permissions for the folder AND everything underlying, and it can be quite unresponsive for large folders until it is finished - the files are then yours.
May not happen, but a strong possibility, and forewarned is forearmed.
(I've recently seen someone through this in only mildly differing circumstances)
It's a problem you don't often see, as lots of transfer between users happens on FAT32 devices (e.g. USB keys), and FAT32 can't handle, and therefore discards, the permissions.
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