I’m pretty sure we all are, buddy.

I wonder that myself. Someone didn’t double check the QR code before sending it into production… but you’d think a huge company like Mattel would have some SOPs for this kind thing.

There seems to be a commenter on the article that is saying it’s a Western Digital firmware issue and not a Windows issue.

It’s NOT a Windows issue. It’s an SSD firmware issue.

Linux developers encountered this firmware bug back in 2022.

https://github.com/openzfs/zfs/discussions/14793

That’s super neat. I’ll get around to checking it out at some point.

You know, I remember that. My PS1 never had an issue, but I know a few people who did.

And soon enough we’ll see 1tb games once storage is plenty.

I have learned that there is a toooon of variance in things you’ll see here. It’s a little nutty, but also interesting.

That’s a good point, and a good idea about modifying the installer. I will give this a shot next time I have to do a reinstall. Thanks!

I do a workaround when installing/setting up Windows on others PCs. Use my dummy MS account -> create local user -> change to admin -> delete out the MS account. Boom, then only the local account is on the PC.