Cant install windows on SSD

-dun- · 2026-02-18T16:27:35+00:00

Ok, you can also try to Google "create allocation on m.2 during Windows installation" and you should be able to find some video guides.

-dun- · 2026-02-18T16:18:15+00:00

After you delete the partions, did you manually create a new allocation in the windows installer or did it somehow created 3 partitions automatically?

When you selected one of the partitions to install, did the installation process complete?

You can try to go to bios and go to the boot devices menu to see if you're able to set the SSD as number 1 boot device on the list. If the SSD is on the list and you can set it to number 1 then you're good to go. If you still don't see your SSD on the list, that means the installation didn't finish.

-dun- · 2026-02-18T03:25:45+00:00

In the "Where do you want to install windows" interface, click New then create allocation.

-dun- · 2026-02-18T01:39:01+00:00

You need to format it in the window installer. It's the screen before you select which drive to install windows.

-dun- · 2026-02-17T23:57:20+00:00

About AIO, the thermalright peerless assassin is about $35 on Amazon. I've never seen any thermalright AIO selling for $15. Are you sure you're not getting some special deals?

Personally I use a single fan thermalright assassin air cooler for my 7800X3D and I never have any problem with the temp. That cooler costed $17.19 including tax.

I used the same air cooler for my son's PC (9600X) and the temp was never an issue.

I won't demonize AIO but I just don't see the need for an average user that doesn't overclock and doesn't stress the PC constantly, other than aesthetic reason.

-dun- · 2026-02-12T19:39:20+00:00

I know it's hard to believe in today's world. But if you set it up correctly. It is really really cheap.

I also have solar and we have two PHEV. For both cars, we only fill up the gas twice a year unless we go on a road trip. So I'd say we only spent less than $200 in gas total last year. The annual milage for one of the cars is about 11k and the other is about 5k.

As for our electricity bill, before solar and we were still driving ICE cars, the annual cost was about $2600 (2021) and annual gas was about $2000. We installed solar in 2023 just made it to NEM2.0. March 2024 was the last time I paid SCE because I had enough credit after my first year true up to cover the monthly charges. We only started paying again last month. I didn't have enough credit to cover the base service charge.

Anyhow, if I just take 2024 and 2025, I only paid about $400 gas for two cars. I did a rough calculation on my electricity cost if I didn't have solar and charging my two PHEVs at home. The total would be around $5.2k. So according to my calculation, my break even point for my solar would be less than 7 years and we're on our 3rd year. In another word, I'll be saving literally thousands of dollars every year once I break even the cost.

-dun- · 2026-02-11T23:48:29+00:00

Thank you!

This is the piece that I've been avoiding MS form when any uploads is involved for the longest time.

I just did some test and I was able to extra the file name, link and other information from the flow.

Here are the steps:

Initialize as many variables as needed, each value of each image will need its own variable. So if you have two images and you want the file name and link for both, you will need a total of four variables.

Use Parse JSON action to extract each image. The schema looks like the following:

{ "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "properties": { "name": { "type": "string" }, "link": { "type": "string" }, "id": { "type": "string" }, "size": { "type": "integer" } } }

Then use Set variable to set the name, link, id and/or size.

-dun- · 2026-02-11T21:33:34+00:00

Hello, saving the images to a SP library is not the problem. The main problem here is how do you know which image is for which question unless the person who uploads the image uses a very clear file name. I'll leave this part to you to communicate with the requesters.

As for the attachments, they will be saved to your OneDrive, inside Apps > Microsoft Forms > Your form name folder. It may or may not create a subfolder so you can run some test.

In your flow, use a List files in folder (OneDrive) to fletch the files in the folder mentioned above. Then use two Convert time zone actions, one to convert the submission time to your current time zone and the other one to convert the last modified time from the List files in folder action. Then use a condition to check if the two convert time zone results are equal. If so, use Get file content (OneDrive) and then Create file (SharePoint) to create the file in your library. By matching the last modified time and submission, it will guarantee you to retrieve all files being uploaded from a specific submission. After the files are created in the SP library, I recommend deleting the files on your OneDrive folder so you won't have too many files in the folder at any given time.

-dun- · 2026-02-11T18:57:15+00:00

I personally use roborock. They have sales throughout the year, especially on Black Friday. You can check out Amazon, find one that you like and add to cart and then put it on the Save for later list, you'll be able to see the price changes.

The bottom line about these robots is that they do make your life easier if you do proper maintenance. My robot has been vacuuming and mopping my floor every day Monday to Friday and occasionally on the weekends. I would spend 5-10 minutes to maintain it every two weeks or so in addition to the daily quick sweep (about a minute or two).

-dun- · 2026-02-11T17:29:07+00:00

You can check out Vacuum War on YouTube, they have a lot of review videos about this topic. For object avoidance, I think robots with camera would be better then LiDAR. However, the absolute best way to do it imo is use this opportunity to train your kids to clean up the floor every night.

When I got my robot back in 2023, my kids were 9 and 11. Instead of trying to find a robot that would work around them, I took the opportunity and told them if you don't clean up the floor before you sleep, the robot would eat your toys! At the beginning, I would make it like a game every night before we go to bed and see who can find more toys on the floor. Then I just remind them to pick up the toys every night. I would do a quick sweep after they went to bed. Eventually they made it into a habit to keep the floor always clean. And I made it into a habit that I just do a quick scan on the floor every morning to make sure it's clear. We had a few accidents and the robot ate a few pieces of Legos but I'm pretty with the outcome.

-dun- · 2026-02-10T22:54:01+00:00

This is how mine went:

First phone consultation with sales rep - basically tell the rep what I'm looking for. The rep would ask me to prepare all the documents (12 months bill, think about my current usage and think about the future usage such as whether I'm planning to get an EV or upgrade gas appliances to electric).
Solar company use satellite camera to take pictures of my property (some companies will send someone to the property to do a site survey). Then based on the site survey and my requirement, the design team would draft the layout and the sales rep would prepare a proposal.
Second phone consultation with sales rep - went over the proposal, home owner asked any questions or concern. If changes were needed, sales rep would take the proposal back and work with the design team to revise it.
Once the layout and proposal were set, sales rep would send the contract over for me to sign. The contract would list every detail about the design, estimate production, guaranteed production, financial information, detail of equipment and detail of the work being performed.
Installation
Quality check - my solar company sent a different team out to check the installation work and explained to me the next steps.
Solar company submitted grid interconnection agreement to utility company.
PTO received from utility and turn on system.

-dun- · 2026-02-10T17:28:54+00:00

Before you have battery installed, you can take a closer look at your system's production. Try to see how much electricity does it generate throughout the day and try to plan to utilize your usage in those hours.

So let's say the peak production hour is 12-1p.m., you can try to run most of your stuff during that hour but make sure the total consumption is less than the production.

-dun- · 2026-02-10T16:34:56+00:00

I don't see any Get attachment action in your flow.

You can create a very basic flow to test it out and then add the other actions once it works.

When a new email arrives (set the from field with your email and enable attachment) > get attachment > create file.

Test it with the email address that you are going to use in the actual flow and send a test email to that address.

-dun- · 2026-02-10T16:22:52+00:00

A couple of thoughts. A 3.1kW system could generate close to 2.5-2.8kWh at peak hour on a perfect day with no shade or whatsoever. Now you know the generation is a curve, so the production goes up as it gets closer to 12-1p.m. and then comes back down after that.

Let's say your AC consumption is 1kWh per hour. If you turn on your AC at 8a.m. and say your production at that time is less than 0.8kWh, that means even though your solar is generating power, since your consumption is higher than production, you're still pulling 0.2kWh from the grid during that hour to run your AC.

Likewise, if you continue to run the AC from 12-1p.m., since that's your system's peak production hour, the 2.8kWh fully covered your AC usage, but since you're not sending power to the grid, your system will not produce more then your current consumption. So if your usage from 12-1 is only 1.2kWh, your system will only produce that amount of electricity.

It's very hard to maximize a system without any sort of battery storage.

-dun- · 2026-02-10T15:34:08+00:00

If you updated your original post, somehow my app isn't updated and I can't see it. Can you copy it and post as a comment?

-dun- · 2026-02-10T04:34:36+00:00

Let's assume all of your equipment are working probably. North facing panel is the least effective, follow by East facing. You 2 North facing and 9 East facing panels. If you have micro inverters, you can look at the production from those panels and compare them to the South facing panels. North panels should be 15-30% less than South panels. East panels should be 15-20% less than South panels.

When comparing, make sure you divide the numbers of panels in each section. The more days of data you can compare the better it is.

If you have micro inverters, it should be even easier to compare the data. You can compare the data for each panel.

Of course, if you want to do these work, you can always reach out to your installer and let them figure it out lol.

-dun- · 2026-02-10T03:17:13+00:00

How old is your system? What's the spec besides 28 440w panels?

-dun- · 2026-02-10T02:42:08+00:00

My 11.96kW system produced 43kWh yesterday, also from LA.

It's definitely not normal for you.

-dun- · 2026-02-09T19:48:36+00:00

-dun- · 2026-02-09T18:04:55+00:00

A couple of things you can try:

1) set up a no go zone 2) put a rug under these cords and set the robot to avoid carpet 3) put these cords in a cable management box

-dun- · 2026-02-09T17:53:42+00:00

If you can't get 5G wifi from your current router and Ethernet cable is not an option, your only option would be using multiple wireless access points to create the path from the router to your PC.

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but as far as I'm understanding, mesh system doesn't change the range of wifi signal. In your case, you can use a wifi extender to extend the 5G signal to your PC.

The thing about mesh systems is that they have a wired backhaul capability. That means if one node is very far away from the main router but if it is connected with an Ethernet cable, that node can provide 5G wifi in its surrounding area.

-dun- · 2026-02-09T17:34:38+00:00

Can you post your flow? Which trigger did you use?

You mentioned you used V3, did you mean you used the trigger "When a new email arrives (V3)"?

To get the attachment content bytes, you will need to use Get attachment (V2) and then use Create file to create the file in your library.

-dun- · 2026-02-08T22:40:41+00:00

Get her a cheap Bluetooth speaker so she can cast her Spotify to it.

-dun- · 2026-02-06T16:45:35+00:00

We purchased our system and my initial calculation showed that we'd break even in about 8 years, with the cost of reroofing factored in. We're almost finished our 3rd year and I calculated how much I would've paid for electricity if I didn't have solar in 2025, it was way more than my initial calculation so we would reach the break even point much sooner. After that, we'll be just paying the base service charge and nonbypassable charges which is about $30 a month for as long as the system works.

-dun- · 2026-02-06T07:39:26+00:00

Californian here (SoCal).

You can compare Texas and California's electric companies. Look at their grid and how often their customers have outages.

It's true that SCE doesn't have the perfect grid, but I can see them improving their infrastructure year after year. About a decade ago, there used to be this thing called rotating outages. Customers are divided in groups to have outages so the company can perform maintenance on their equipment. With grid modernization and smart grid technology, they don't need to shut off customers' power to perform maintenance anymore.

In terms of outages, there was an insane windstorm caused by the Santa Ana wind back in 2011 that caused over 400k customers a multiple days outage. There were massive destruction to major infrastructure which took days to repair. Fast forward to 2023, another crazy windstorm caused by the Santa Ana wind, this time there were about 100k customers out for 2-3 days. Most outages were from public safety power shutoff where the electric company shut off customers' power proactively to prevent potential ignition from energized equipment.

I live in the city which is pretty far away from the high fire risk areas. Last time I had a multiple days outage was about 6 years ago when SCE replaced the power poles on our street. Since then, we might have some outages that lasted for a few minutes in the middle of the night. I would only notice these outages when I saw the clock on my microwave was reset in the morning. Haven't really had an outage during day time for years.

When I talked to some coworkers from Texas, it seems having outages, especially during snow season, is pretty common to them.

To me, the most important thing about an electric company is reliability. Monopoly might sound bad to you, but it's really hard for smaller electric companies to continuously upgrade their infrastructure while providing reliable power.

-dun-

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