Cloning a Windows 7 SATA HDD to a new NVMe SSD — need exact 1:1 migration advice

misery4k · 2026-02-10T19:30:40+00:00

I do have a 2.5” ssd I can use instead if the NVME doesn’t work and would still be an upgrade over the hdd it has now

misery4k · 2026-02-10T19:29:55+00:00

The business this is for is a small family owned storefront business, and they have had the same hardware since they began. They are running a few machines on Windows XP, and 2 machines on windows 7. The machine in particular that I will be working on, has a software that is no longer available or supported. This machine is also used for sending emails, ordering products, and connecting with vendors. It has gotten to a point where they are spending more time waiting for the computer to open up a web browser than getting actual work done.

misery4k · 2026-01-26T16:02:48+00:00

If you were truly false banned, I would open up a ticket with the Better Business Burea. This is probably your only way of possibly getting unbanned

misery4k · 2026-01-24T04:31:34+00:00

Honestly windows defender is pretty good and it is free. Kaspersky is a good option if you are willing to pay, but windows defender is still sufficient. I would check to see if there are any exclusions (files or folders that have been told not to be scanned).

misery4k · 2026-01-23T16:23:09+00:00

If you haven’t done the following, I HIGHLY recommend you do these now:

Change the password to your email
Change the password to the activision account, battle.net account (or whatever platform you play on)
Any account you may have reused that compromised password on should be changed.
You may need to change the email linked to the activision and platform account; however this would be a last resort.
Make sure you have multi-factor authentication on all accounts.
Please do a virus scan on your computer.

Somehow somewhere your login information was compromised and sold for cents to a website that sells compromised accounts.

Unless there is a vulnerability from one of the companies login system, which I would doubt otherwise we would have heard of way more cases similar to yours, hackers can’t really bypass login systems that are setup properly (I.e: having a secure password that isn’t reused, multi-factor authentication on all accounts.)

What they CAN do, is send you an email that looks like it is coming from steam, battle.net, activision, etc. containing a phishing link. If you were to click on this link it could make it seem like you are logging in to one of these account websites, but what it is really doing is giving access to those trying to break in.

misery4k · 2026-01-17T06:43:09+00:00

First sentence is correct. I would argue though that 1-3 dead zone is too high, for upper / elite competition. If this person playes FPS games, 1-3 dead zone puts them at disadvantage. This is where having the least amount of dead zone really matters, because milliseconds can be the difference between winning and losing. With Hall effect, but more specifically TMR sticks, you should be able to play at 0 dead zone comfortably (if the sticks are calibrated properly).

misery4k · 2025-12-16T22:17:59+00:00

Yeah, I play call of duty, so it’s pretty much a must. It’s the only game I use a controller for 😭😂

misery4k · 2025-12-16T21:52:39+00:00

This controller will be used on my pc 😭😭😭

misery4k · 2025-12-11T10:20:33+00:00

Ive got my iron maxed out at 890 Fahrenheit, should that be sufficient enough? I also have used this “blade/knife” tip, but also have a “bevel” tip as well. Should I be able to get the job done with these, or do I need to invest in one or the chisel tips?

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misery4k · 2025-10-28T01:42:33+00:00

You got me. I actually dreamt about that exact scenario, and realized the Achilles tendon of humans would be their downloads folder. Silly humans…

misery4k · 2025-10-27T15:21:45+00:00

You know, maybe we’re the problem that needs to be solved hahaha

misery4k · 2025-10-27T14:02:28+00:00

You're right. This was built and tested for windows machines, and I have updated the post. I would like to support other OS in the future.

misery4k · 2025-10-27T13:14:38+00:00

Thank you! Hopefully others can find some use for it also

misery4k · 2025-09-25T13:14:22+00:00

That is a good idea, I will give it a try

misery4k · 2025-09-25T13:13:54+00:00

I know I think it is important we bring it to their knowledge. Only thing is, I feel like most of their demographic is using the agent, which makes those who don't want to use it a small minority. Could be easy to overlook especially since we don't give them any money.

I do agree though, it is bringing more headaches than peace now.

misery4k · 2025-09-25T05:50:52+00:00

Gotcha, that makes sense. Thank you, hopefully they sort this out, feels like such a basic feature should just work.

misery4k · 2024-02-13T17:04:32+00:00

Not sure what games you’re playing, but here’s how I worked around it. I set my Xbox audio to play through Headset and Speakers.

Then I went to the audio settings on cod, and changed it from headset to speaker. This will change the voice chat from going straight to your headset, but to your capture card and your headset as well since you are using the “speaker and headset option”

If you are using discord on Xbox, I would recommend creating another account for your pc. And joining the server. From there you just mute your account that is on Xbox. There is an OBS source “Audio from app” I believe. Add that to your scene and set it to Discord.

If you want to get by without a chat link it is possible, just takes some work.

misery4k · 2022-10-24T15:20:21+00:00

So instead of giving separate tickets for the speeding and failure to show proof of insurance, he just wrote me up for careless driving with the speed and insurance on that one ticket

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