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Post by Slinger on May 5, 2022 15:06:21 GMT
I put my old SSD in a 22x80 drive caddy and it goes like the clappers, making backups very fast. THat's probably how the currently-installed 256Gb SSD will end up. |
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Post by Slinger on May 6, 2022 16:29:31 GMT
Fingers crossed, Macrium Reflect is doing its thing and cloning my Windows 11 installation (and, hopefully, everything else I've installed) to the 1Tb FireCuda drive currently residing tin the correctly sized  caddy. |
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Post by Slinger on May 6, 2022 22:34:43 GMT
That's weird, I could have sworn I posted a follow-up. I muist have deleted it instead of posting it. Anyway, it actually was that easy and I've now got a 1Tb drive with two partitions. My "old" drive is still my "C" drive, and I've got an empty "D" drive made up of the remaining space. I will, most probably, move the few programs I'd already installed to the "D" drive (Using SteamMover most likely) and then adjust the partition sizes to their final values, for which my old chum MiniTool Partion Wizard should come in handy. |
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Post by Slinger on May 9, 2022 16:07:46 GMT
I set a little time aside today to finish setting up the new/old Dell(boy) laptop. I shaved a chunk of space off of the "C" drive, called it an "E" drive, and then merged it with my "D" drive, so I've now got a "C" drive of a smidge over 140Gb, and every other spare byte, minus the recovery partition, is now my "D" drive. I'll delete a couple of legacy programs that I've used during setup from the "C" drive when I'm 100% certain they won't be needed again. Smaller, everyday stuff, e.g. WinRar, LastPass, and NordVPN I'll probably leave in situ. Any new installations will go straight on the "D" drive providing they present that option. I've got software capable of shifting them across after the fact if they don't. I may also, at some stage, move my \User\MyName\Pictures directory across to the "D" drive should it get too large and unwieldy, but I'm not intending to run anything like Photoshop, so I'm not anticipating that need anytime soon, if at all. Other than that, everything is chugging along quite nicely, although I did have to slap Windoze 11's wrist a few times when it attempted the whole " Micro$oft handholding" thing. We've finally reached an agreement and it now understands that not only am I the boss, but I'm also a control freak, so yes, I DO need access to " everything under the bloody bonnet" (I refuse to call it a " hood"). I think that's about it. All pretty basic stuff, but still a slight challenge for someone like me, who's old, decrepit, and who has been out of the game for many years.  |
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Post by MartinT on May 9, 2022 18:43:23 GMT
W11 is not that different from W10 in the nannying, which can all be turned off. Ditto the snooping, almost all of which can be disabled. One thing I don't disable is Windows Updates, it can do those whenever it needs. I've seen what vulnerabilities can do and I want my system fully patched at all times. Likewise I run 'winget upgrade --all' once a week to patch all my applications.
W11 just gets out of the way and works fast and reliably 'under the hood' (yuk, me too).
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Post by MartinT on Sept 22, 2022 10:00:35 GMT
Windows 11 22H2 is here - I've just received the update and am applying it. This is the first major update since W11 was released. Key features: - App folders in Start menu
- Resizable pinned area in Start menu
- Drag and Drop on the Taskbar
- Focus Assist integration with Notification Center
- New "spotlight" wallpaper feature
- New Voice Access accessibility feature
- New Live Captions accessibility feature
- New gestures and animations for touch users
- New snap layouts bar when moving app windows
- New Task Manager app
- New "Suggested Actions" feature when copying dates/numbers (Coming in October)
- Tabs in File Explorer (Coming in October)
- Better OneDrive integration with File Explorer
- Numerous UI improvements and consistency updates
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Post by Slinger on Sept 22, 2022 13:40:47 GMT
It's not offering that to me on the laptop yet.  |
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Post by MartinT on Sept 22, 2022 14:31:02 GMT
All installed - took a long time but no drama.
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Post by Slinger on Oct 12, 2022 14:15:13 GMT
Well, that's a bugger. the Last thing I did before logging off last night, as always, was to check my email. The first thing I did upon, logging on today, was to check my email. Or, at least, it would have been, if Mozilla Thunderbird hadn't completely disappeared from my system since last night.  Just to add to the fun, all of my Windoze backups are returning an "unspecified" error and refusing to work. I've got (or I had) a ton of emails saved for various reasons, a lot of them pertaining to my mum's care. All gone. Martin, let me stop you there,  telling me that I should have used Outlook will not help the situation. I've used Mozilla Thunderbird for what must be 15+ years or more with absolutely no problems. I may ber AWOL for a while. |
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Post by MartinT on Oct 12, 2022 14:39:29 GMT
Oops - are you using Thunderbird as a pure client (i.e. Exchange, Gmail or IMAP mail?) or to actually store your messages?
If your answer is POP3, you have my sympathy (but I may be prone to saying "you should have...").
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Post by Slinger on Oct 12, 2022 15:51:15 GMT
Yup, Thunderbird is/was the whole kit and caboodle for me, as far as email goes. I'm currently running Disk Drill on my "C" drive to see what, if anything can be recovered.
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Post by MartinT on Oct 12, 2022 16:20:48 GMT
Ouch! Good luck with the recovery, Paul.
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Post by MartinT on Dec 12, 2022 21:19:13 GMT
This is a bit of light-hearted relief and quite amusing. The man has the patience of a saint!!
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Post by MikeMusic on Dec 13, 2022 11:32:05 GMT
He has a lot of time on his hands !
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Post by MartinT on Dec 13, 2022 12:25:12 GMT
I laughed out loud at the "five hours later..."
I remember some really glacial upgrades in my time, too.
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Post by MikeMusic on Dec 14, 2022 10:41:03 GMT
Five hours sounds like an only slightly worse than normal day at the office to me !
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Post by Clive on Jan 7, 2023 13:51:52 GMT
I’m going to purchase Microsoft 365 as I want the storage and the apps would be handy. I could buy from Microsoft for £59.99 or various sellers on Amazon for around £40. Are there any downsides to these discounted subscriptions?
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Post by MikeMusic on Jan 7, 2023 16:38:52 GMT
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Post by MartinT on Jan 7, 2023 16:59:33 GMT
I will go with the monthly subscription when I retire. It comes with 1TB of storage, nice.
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Post by Clive on Jan 7, 2023 17:28:27 GMT
I will go with the monthly subscription when I retire. It comes with 1TB of storage, nice. Yep, I’ve just retired so I’m in that situation. I will check out that free link, I wonder if that’s a trial. |
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telling me that I should have used Outlook will not help the situation. I've used Mozilla Thunderbird for what must be 15+ years or more with absolutely no problems.
