A script the AI wrote moved me off Windows

His computer is free of Windows now. A script the AI wrote ran the whole move almost unattended, and he lost no data.

How it works

The AI writes a script for the move
The script runs the process almost unattended
The computer ends up free of Windows with no data lost

Why it’s worth knowing

A full move off Windows ran almost unattended and not one file was lost.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on bsky.app. See the original ↗

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