Attempting to backup a VM was a mess – the Windows 11 activation was broken upon copying, so I got AI to help me code a migration script…

After a huge amount of my own time (largely because I am a cheap-ass and was attempting to do things locally on a Qwen 3.8 27B on an AMD 395+ Strix Halo w/128gB RAM), a huge amount of repetitions across free Google AI Mode (sucks) and free ChatGPT (good enough), I finally got a working script…

It took about a month, an hour or so on and off whenever I had “spare” time, with some 32 iterations before I had a script that didn’t have script errors and I was sure the logic and technicals were sound (yes, I ran through the code manually). Then another 4 iterations to address run-time issues and figure out what broke Windows 11 activation…

Have fun!