From: tlswilso@aol.com   
      
   A week ago, I asked this question. I have been unable to get a new   
   message to post here. I couldn't even get it to show any new messages   
   after the first few days. I tried to respond to some people, but   
   couldn't. Right now, I see lots of new messages showing up. Maybe it's   
   working. Here goes...   
   Wait! I decided to look over the new replies before I clicked SEND and   
   discovered my own messages are here. They sent when I wasn't looking. I   
   wondered why they weren't saved in drafts.   
   I'll send this out anyway so people will know I wasn't intentionally   
   being rude by not coming back.   
      
      
      
   On 12/19/2025 1:29 AM, 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?   
      
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