There are two ways to avoid a Puppy picking up SaveFile pup save files on a frugal installation. This allows you to make a ~fresh pup save file when you shutdown/reboot. It is also useful to back up the savefile which can be done by copying as long as it isn't in use.

1. Make a copy of your original save-file.

for example,

if original save-file is called lupusave-name.xfs

make a copy, calling the new one something like lupusave-name2.xfs

retain the basic naming convention lupusave-<name>.<2/3>fs

2. Reboot, Puppy it will give the opinion of which save-file to load, but also the opinion 0 - not to load any save-file.

Depending on your installation, if you have the Puppy boot screen

it allows different settings to be used:-

puppy pfix=ram

SaveFile save-files

BootParameters