From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2025-12-19 07:29, Steve wrote:   
   > 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?   
      
   The new disk will not show itself in Windows, because it is not   
   formatted yet.   
      
   If that Samsung Magician doesn't see the new disk (weird), try something   
   else, like Clonezilla.   
      
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clonezilla   
      
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   Cheers, Carlos.   
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