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Re: How to let windows 11 "never combine taskbar buttons"?
I appreciate your post, but I'm still not willing to download Win11. I hope it improves, but as long as Win 10 is supported, I can't see any reason to go through the agony of trying to find where MS has hidden the common elements of the OS.34KViews1like1CommentRe: How to let windows 11 "never combine taskbar buttons"?
netpoint935 The feature you describe sounds very much like what is available with Windows 10. Is this feature no available to regular users with the Windows 11 update now? I am reluctant to download Windows 11 because it was so horrible the first time I tried it 2 years ago.7.1KViews1like10CommentsRe: How to let windows 11 "never combine taskbar buttons"?
I feel your pain. I had to learn how to install a new hard drive a couple months ago when the current one failed. Having never done it, it was a learning and anxiety producing experience. I refused to buy a new laptop because of WIN 11.3KViews2likes2CommentsRe: How to let windows 11 "never combine taskbar buttons"?
drdoug I wanted to get back to you because you were so instrumental in my contacting Wester Digital regarding the warranty on my blown hard drive. I communicated with WD via email, sent photos, received a pre-paid shipping label from them and shipped back the crashed hard drive. Then ... nothing. Weeks went by and then Friday, I received a UPS shipment of a little box. Inside was a replacement hard drive. I still have to install it into the external drive enclosure I purchased when all this crap happened, but hopefully it will work and I will use it as an external drive. Thanks for your ideas.3.5KViews1like1CommentRe: How to let windows 11 "never combine taskbar buttons"?
Re: BTW: Because I wasn't sure if I would be successfull with the SSD installation, I used a brand I had never heard of. It was in the reasonable price range, from TEAMGROUP. The reviews seemed good. One person said that their drive failed in 6 months, but that was the only failure I saw. I figure if the drive lasts 6 months, it would have lasted longer than the repair drive and if I were to be successful in my installation, I could do it again. It has made me more conscious about saving my work to another drive. I have to say I have never had a HDD failure while I was using the computer. I was taken by surprise that my original SSD failed after 3 years. I have working 15 year old laptops that still fire up (slowly) and load.4.3KViews1like0CommentsRe: How to let windows 11 "never combine taskbar buttons"?
I don't want to cause trouble for the small business of laptop repair. I won't contest the charge. I figure the failure prompted me to learn how to do my own repairs and I will chalk up the rest of the cost to experience. I did contact them today, told the person who answered the phone that this drive has a history of failure per the WD community thread. He minimized that information, but did say that they have now switched to installing Kingston drives. He asked if I was able to install Windows and seemed surprised that I had a bootable recovery disk. The software is not a problem for me. He sent me a copy of my invoice and I have opened up an incident report with Western Digital. We'll see where that goes.4.3KViews1like0CommentsRe: How to let windows 11 "never combine taskbar buttons"?
Very interesting that you suggested I look into a warranty. Yes, indeed, there is a 5 year limited warranty on the drive. What really intrigued me was reading the customer thread titled: "WD Blue SA510 fails completely after just four months," exactly my story. That model number is the one that was inserted into my computer. One person (must be an IT guy) wrote that he had 34 of them that were all defective. Another wrote that "we" (must be the business) "We started buying the WD BLUE SA510… 90% of them have stopped working. ...We won’t ever buy this model again." I called the repair place. They had only guaranteed their work for 30 days and I think I threw out the receipt after 30 days. Unfortunately, they are not open on Mondays, but someone answered the phone, suggested I call back tomorrow and they will send a copy of my receipt via email. Also, I received the SDD externa casing, installed the "crashed" SDD and after some time, received the following error message: "The last USB drive you connected to this computer malfunctioned, and Windows does not recognize it." It appears that drive is FUBAR. After I receive the receipt, I will be contacting WD.4.4KViews2likes5CommentsRe: How to let windows 11 "never combine taskbar buttons"?
I wish there was a small door for the hard drive on my E1-111 Acer notebook. There isn't one, but the case was opened maybe 6 years ago (by my nephew) when he upgraded the RAM. I'm hoping it won't be that hard. I have to back up the hard drive that is in it. I had it plugged in overnight, so it should power up and I can see the status. Interesting idea to see if the Western Digital drive is still under warranty. I'll check into it.4.4KViews1like0CommentsRe: How to let windows 11 "never combine taskbar buttons"?
Also, I'll let you know if I decide to upgrade the old Acer. I am an old woman, soon to be 75, loved computers from the beginning of office use and now considering how much of my retirement I should spend on computer upgrades. My husband is NOT excited about the idea!4.5KViews3likes8CommentsRe: How to let windows 11 "never combine taskbar buttons"?
Thank you for your reponse! Yes, I did install a SSD. Interesting that you suggested reformatting the old drive. Yesterday, I was trying to figure out how to dispose of the old drive and stumbled across the idea of an external enclosure for the old SSD. They are not very expensive, so I ordered one from Amazon. I should receive it today. I'm anxious to see what went wrong with the old SSD. It is a Western Digital which is a name I would ordinarily trust. The fact that it failed after 3 months, I found very disturbing. Now, I'm looking at other old laptops I have in the house. There was one that I loved, an Acer E1-111. It was small, light and could be carried easily. It has an HDD. My nephew had installled the 8 gb of RAM I purchased when I got the machine. I found a YouTube video of someone who had swapped a HDD to a SDD in the very same machine and I'm curious about my own ability to do so. I have always loved gadgets and the computer is certainly the king of gadgets. Thank you again for your support.4.5KViews3likes11Comments
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