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Does W8.0's MS Store keep its downloaded W8.1 upgrade after upgrade failed?
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Does W8.0's MS Store keep its downloaded W8.1 upgrade after its upgrade failed? I noticed it seems to be redownloading when I try to the 8.1 upgrade again. Is it possible to keep the files if they are not kept so I download have to wait for the very long download (slow Internet)? Thank you in advance. -- Quote of the Week: "The evaluator counts the ants at the picnic of progress." --Mohan Singh /\___/\ Ant(Dude) @ http://antfarm.home.dhs.org (Personal Web Site) / /\ /\ \ Ant's Quality Foraged Links: http://aqfl.net | |o o| | \ _ / Please nuke ANT if replying by e-mail. If crediting, ( ) then please kindly use Ant nickname and AQFL URL/link. |
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Does W8.0's MS Store keep its downloaded W8.1 upgrade after upgrade failed?
On 1/14/2014, Ant posted:
Hello. Does W8.0's MS Store keep its downloaded W8.1 upgrade after its upgrade failed? I noticed it seems to be redownloading when I try to the 8.1 upgrade again. Is it possible to keep the files if they are not kept so I download have to wait for the very long download (slow Internet)? Thank you in advance. There's a way to donload it sso you can find it. It has been mentioned a few times in threads here, but I don't remember how it goes. Try googling for [windows 8.1 iso] or whatever... -- Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch) |
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Does W8.0's MS Store keep its downloaded W8.1 upgrade after upgradefailed?
On 14/01/2014 5:58 PM, Ant wrote:
Hello. Does W8.0's MS Store keep its downloaded W8.1 upgrade after its upgrade failed? I noticed it seems to be redownloading when I try to the 8.1 upgrade again. Is it possible to keep the files if they are not kept so I download have to wait for the very long download (slow Internet)? Thank you in advance. I doubt it very strongly. I believe that a failed download requires you to retry from scratch. -- Silver Slimer If you haven't donated to open-source projects, what are you waiting for? |
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Does W8.0's MS Store keep its downloaded W8.1 upgrade after upgradefailed?
Gene E. Bloch said on 1/14/2014 6:16 PM: On 1/14/2014, Ant posted: Hello. Does W8.0's MS Store keep its downloaded W8.1 upgrade after its upgrade failed? I noticed it seems to be redownloading when I try to the 8.1 upgrade again. Is it possible to keep the files if they are not kept so I download have to wait for the very long download (slow Internet)? Thank you in advance. There's a way to donload it sso you can find it. It has been mentioned a few times in threads here, but I don't remember how it goes. Try googling for [windows 8.1 iso] or whatever... http://www.redmondpie.com/how-to-dow...8-product-key/ is probably the link you were looking for. The problem is, you have to do this from Windows 7 ON the PC you want to use it for. Using a 32 bit PC will load the 32 bit win8 or 8.1 And no one mentioned anything in the threads about what if you had an OEM 7, or Pro or Home. So there seem to be a lot of IF's in that page. |
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Does W8.0's MS Store keep its downloaded W8.1 upgrade after upgradefailed?
On 1/14/2014 7:43 PM, Big Al wrote:
Gene E. Bloch said on 1/14/2014 6:16 PM: On 1/14/2014, Ant posted: Hello. Does W8.0's MS Store keep its downloaded W8.1 upgrade after its upgrade failed? I noticed it seems to be redownloading when I try to the 8.1 upgrade again. Is it possible to keep the files if they are not kept so I download have to wait for the very long download (slow Internet)? Thank you in advance. There's a way to donload it sso you can find it. It has been mentioned a few times in threads here, but I don't remember how it goes. Try googling for [windows 8.1 iso] or whatever... http://www.redmondpie.com/how-to-dow...8-product-key/ is probably the link you were looking for. The problem is, you have to do this from Windows 7 ON the PC you want to use it for. Using a 32 bit PC will load the 32 bit win8 or 8.1 And no one mentioned anything in the threads about what if you had an OEM 7, or Pro or Home. So there seem to be a lot of IF's in that page. The "bitness" of the downloading OS, affects the "bitness" of the ISO you download. A 32 bit OS, downloads a 32 bit image. I've verified this, by downloading Windows 8 on a 32 bit machine, and getting the 32 bit version. Then downloading while using a 64 bit OS, and getting the 64 bit version. I don't think the download OS matters all that much. I might have used Windows 7 (x64) one time, and WinXP (x32) the other. Windows_WIN81_X32.iso 2,605,645,824 bytes Windows__WIN81_X64_release_ESD_version.iso 3,285,975,040 bytes Those are based on an install.esd file. Of which, no two are alike. Downloading the exact same version twice, I got a different checksum on the install.esd file. That's why I didn't bother to include MD5SUM information for those images. My checksum won't match your checksum. I have no way to judge/verify the authenticity of that file. I just have to trust it never got corrupted while stored on my hard drive. If you go with a torrent of an MSDN DVD download, those are based on install.wim, and each copy of that floating around should have the same checksum. Those discs will be slightly larger, and if examined with 7ZIP, the .wim will show more than one folder inside the archive. Each folder corresponds to one OS version. On older OSes, you might see as many as seven folders in there. The folders are crosslinked, with many files being the same, so the incremental cost of putting all OS versions in there is small. The downloads with the install.esd, those contain only one OS copy, and save on providing the other files. I only know the contents of the install.esd, by looking at some manifest information while it was downloading. Since it is encrypted, I can't look inside the actual .esd. And I don't know if anyone has bothered to crack the .esd, so it'll open in 7ZIP or otherwise. There's really nothing of enduring value in there. If you need Windows 8 individual files, just torrent the MSDN one. Since MSDN makes checksum information available, you can determine whether the image is adulterated or not. If it wasn't for that, I wouldn't even mention the MSDN versions :-) Too much of a risk, without a checksum for validation. The above ISO9660 files, are good for installation, and that's about it. Because of the encryption, I can't extract individual files (like the 32 bit version of CHKDSK or the 32 bit version of bootsect) if I want. It would be a PITA to have to torrent the MSDN ones, just to get a couple files like that. And I'm getting sick of downloading DVDs like these, clogging up my disks with this crap :-) You can't throw them out, because you don't know when you're going to need them for some evil experiment :-) My reason for downloading the above, is just so I don't have to go to the Microsoft Store for my upgrade. That's the plan :-) My purchased Win8 install is still at Win8 right now. Paul |
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Does W8.0's MS Store keep its downloaded W8.1 upgrade after upgradefailed?
Ant wrote, On 1/14/2014 5:58 PM:
Hello. Does W8.0's MS Store keep its downloaded W8.1 upgrade after its upgrade failed? I noticed it seems to be redownloading when I try to the 8.1 upgrade again. Is it possible to keep the files if they are not kept so I download have to wait for the very long download (slow Internet)? Thank you in advance. If it doesn't resume or not offered it should be re-offered. If not, reset/refresh the pc. Note: Even after a successful 8.1 install the reset returns the pc to 8.0 since 8.1 (unless installed clean) leaves those bits (in the System Reserved and on the hard drive) alone -- ...winston msft mvp consumer apps |
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