From: tlswilso@aol.com   
      
   On 12/20/2025 5:26 PM, Brian Gregory wrote:   
   > On 19/12/2025 06:29, 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?   
   >   
   > Well it's a new unformatted SSD.   
   >   
   > More importantly, can the software you're planning to use to clone all   
   > the partitions on your old drive, see the new drive?   
   >   
      
   No, neither the software (Samsung Magician) nor my computer can see the   
   new SSD. Someone earlier asked what it shows on Disk Management. I looked.   
   It says Disk 0 Basic 931.32 GB Online. Then the next box shows 931.32 GB   
   Unallocated.   
      
   So Disk Management knows it's there. Now I need to know how to format it   
   and give it a drive number.   
      
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