In a message on Saturday 02-26-16 Tom Walker said to Holger Granholm:

GM Tom,

Thank you very much for your reply.
I knew that you have used various tool programs for many years, and that
you prefer free programs as they work for you. So you have the experience
to advice us "new" (since XP) Windows users.

HG>I have installed the Easeus todo-Backup, and note that it can clone
HG>disks.

TW> I did have soem problems with Easus todo Backup Free. the biggest
TW> one is that to make a CD for use with my ohter computers it needs
TW> the pay edition.

OK, thanks for the hint. That one I recalled, but wasn't sure where it
came from, and what program it was.

TW> There are several other free Image/cloning programs but since I have
TW> had very good sucess with True Image by Acronis I have settled on
TW> that one

Yes, I have also used it in my XP laptop, but it didn't accept Win10 as
a working environment.

HG>Also I did install the Easeus Partition Manager, and made new partitions
HG>in the free part of the HD. That worked OK.

TW> Great Program and the one i use

Thanks for your experience.

HG>I did also install the Paragon Partition Master but deleted that one,

TW> Many years ago I started with Partition Magic but dropped it when
TW> Norton bought it

Many moons ago I too used Partition Magic, but I don't think the Paragon
Partition Master is the same program.

There also is an extremely useful tool program that really covers all
bases, discussed above, and more. It's named DFsee and is available for
all known operating and HD filing systems, but I don't know if it in my
case would cover both OS/2 and Windows with the same registration fee.

TW> After so many uears of the Win 95, 98, Me and XP Start I jsut could
TW> not get used to the Win 7 and later one so went using Classic Start

That was also my first reaction to it in the beginning.

The Win10 GUI was, if not frightening, at least very odd as compared to
the OS/2 and XP GUI's, but Im slowly getting the hang of it.

You know, "teaching an old dog, new tricks", hi.

HG>I did also find that the e-mail program PMMail that I have used in OS/2,
HG>is now available also for Windows, .....

I had to abandon that, because it refused to connect to my Mobile
Internet provider, so I had to succumb to Thunderbird that connected OK,
to the tune of 1784 mails that had gathered there, since they ceased the
POTS support.

TW> I am quite satisfied with Thunderbird, but then there is this "Old
TW> Dogs and New Tricks" thing in my case

Yes, I'm now in the same situation. I have probably lost two of the
latest messages, because I thought that "Archive" did mean to save the
messages for later reading/replying. Now I can't find them along with
some other messages that I thought I'd save, while deleting most of
those amassed 1784 messages.

I have found the messages in the "Junk" folder, but so far I have not
been able to get any text from them.

Neither do I find any manual for Thunderbird, among the files downloaded
at the installation. I hate to have to hang on the net to read manuals.

TNX VY much for letting us lesser beings become a part of your long-term
experience.


73 de Sam, OH0NC

aka Holger

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