From: tlswilso@aol.com   
      
   I haven't been here in ages. It looks like there are still people here   
   who can help with problems.   
      
   My computer is at least 15 years old. It was upgraded to Windows 10 soon   
   after it was available. I want to keep this computer going. (It can't be   
   upgraded to Windows 11.) Once or twice a month it bogs down and needs to   
   be restarted. It can take more than a few minutes before it gets back up   
   to speed.   
      
   For a long time, I wanted to switch over to a solid state drive. I   
   finally bought one a couple of months ago and finally got around to   
   installing it last week. my current hard drive is a 1 terabyte Western   
   Digital. The new drive is a Samsung SATA 2.5 inch 1 TB drive.   
      
   I downloaded the Samsung Magician software to transfer to the new drive.   
   When I went to use it, it showed my current drive as the source drive   
   and prompted me install the Samsung SSD drive. It was already there.   
   After a couple of tries, I unhooke3d the ssd and plugged it in when   
   prompted. Nothing.   
      
   Thinking maybe a cable wasn't working, I shut it down and swapped the   
   power and data wires between the 2 drives. It started right up as usual   
   and the ssd still wasn't recognized. When I'm starting the computer, if   
   I watch the screen, I see it identify my old drive "WD...(whatever)",   
   then right below that I see "ssd EVO 870" which is exactly what the new   
   drive is. So it recognizes that the new ssd is there, but it does not   
   show up anywhere in File Explorer.   
      
   So do I give up and consider the new ssd a waste of time and money?   
   Can anyone think of a work around to make this work?   
      
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