From: nospam@needed.invalid   
      
   On Fri, 12/26/2025 3:40 PM, Steve wrote:   
   > 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.   
   >   
      
   I don't know where the setting is for this, but I've discovered one copy of   
   Thunderbird   
   here (in a test VM), insists on starting *every* session in "Offline Mode". In   
   the File   
   menu, is an "Offline" submenu with items of interest, so you can check there   
   to see   
   of something is amiss.   
      
   Your messages will pile up. Your incoming will stop. That's when you are   
   Offline.   
   When you switch the tool back to Online again, your piled-up messages are all   
   sent   
   out. (If they are not, check for an Outbox or UnSend box in your local boxes   
   section   
   near the top on the left.)   
      
   We're hoping for a progress report, such as "got the SSD", "cloned OK",   
   "managed   
   to boot it by itself", indicating you're on the right track.   
      
      
   > 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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