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Old November 16th 17, 01:12 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Keith Nuttle
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I several years ago I bought an HP Stream Table with an Intel Atom
processor, 1GB of memory, and 32 GB of storage. I added a 32 GB sd card
to increase the storage.

It came with Windows 8 installed. It easily upgraded to Windows 10 but
with each subsequent upgrade I am having increasing problems getting the
upgrade install.

The Fall creator edition 1709 failed, several times. I was able to
remove the install files from the Softwaredistribution folder and get
the computer operational. This last Tuesday patch failed, and I can not
get it to install. I will have again delete the 10's of thousand files
from the Softwaredistribution folder.

This small computer is becoming less capable of accepting the updates,
but MS continues to keep trying to upgrade the computer. All that
happens is 10's of thousands more files with each failed upgrade/update.

How can I reinstall the original Windows 8 OS on this computer? Yes it
is obsolete, but will be supported until 2023, after that it will still
work. Staying with Windows 10, at some point it will become unusable as
even if I can get the upgrades installed it will out grow the 32GB of
storage available.





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Old November 16th 17, 01:34 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Andy Burns[_6_]
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Keith Nuttle wrote:

several years ago I bought an HP Stream Table


Is it similar to this? https://youtu.be/qh9cOlVFItQ?t=30s
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Old November 16th 17, 01:44 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Paul[_32_]
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Keith Nuttle wrote:
I several years ago I bought an HP Stream Table with an Intel Atom
processor, 1GB of memory, and 32 GB of storage. I added a 32 GB sd card
to increase the storage.

It came with Windows 8 installed. It easily upgraded to Windows 10 but
with each subsequent upgrade I am having increasing problems getting the
upgrade install.

The Fall creator edition 1709 failed, several times. I was able to
remove the install files from the Softwaredistribution folder and get
the computer operational. This last Tuesday patch failed, and I can not
get it to install. I will have again delete the 10's of thousand files
from the Softwaredistribution folder.

This small computer is becoming less capable of accepting the updates,
but MS continues to keep trying to upgrade the computer. All that
happens is 10's of thousands more files with each failed upgrade/update.

How can I reinstall the original Windows 8 OS on this computer? Yes it
is obsolete, but will be supported until 2023, after that it will still
work. Staying with Windows 10, at some point it will become unusable as
even if I can get the upgrades installed it will out grow the 32GB of
storage available.


Doesn't it have a factory restore partition ?

A poster here, talks about transferring that partition to
a USB flash stick, using an HP procedure. Potentially, somewhere
in your room, is a USB stick with a copy of Windows 8 or 8.1 on it :-)
The HP OS was probably supposed to prompt you to make that
USB stick for later.

https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebo...r/td-p/4771147

It's too bad the eMMC on these machines isn't field upgradeable.
Using eMMC is just about the most consumer-unfriendly solution
they could have picked (the eMMC is soldered down). If it was
an M.2 slot, fixing this would be soooo easy.

Paul
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Old November 16th 17, 02:10 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Keith Nuttle
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On 11/16/2017 7:34 AM, Andy Burns wrote:
Keith Nuttle wrote:

several years ago I bought an HP Stream Table


Is it similar to this?Â* https://youtu.be/qh9cOlVFItQ?t=30s

It is a little smaller ;-) about a 7" screen

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Old November 17th 17, 12:29 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Keith Nuttle wrote:
I several years ago I bought an HP Stream Table with an Intel Atom
processor, 1GB of memory, and 32 GB of storage. I added a 32 GB sd card
to increase the storage.

It came with Windows 8 installed. It easily upgraded to Windows 10 but
with each subsequent upgrade I am having increasing problems getting the
upgrade install.

The Fall creator edition 1709 failed, several times. I was able to
remove the install files from the Softwaredistribution folder and get
the computer operational. This last Tuesday patch failed, and I can not
get it to install. I will have again delete the 10's of thousand files
from the Softwaredistribution folder.

This small computer is becoming less capable of accepting the updates,
but MS continues to keep trying to upgrade the computer. All that
happens is 10's of thousands more files with each failed upgrade/update.

How can I reinstall the original Windows 8 OS on this computer? Yes it
is obsolete, but will be supported until 2023, after that it will still
work. Staying with Windows 10, at some point it will become unusable as
even if I can get the upgrades installed it will out grow the 32GB of
storage available.






Download Windows 8.1 (Media Creation Tool)
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/soft...nload/windows8
- provides the ability to create Win 8.1 media on USB/DVD or ISO(for
mounting or burning to media)
- As long as the device meets 8.1/8.0 System Requirements the media
will install Windows 8.1

System Requirements

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...m-requirements

FAQS
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/faq

"Will media from this site install correctly on a device that came with
an operating system pre-installed?
- Windows 8.x and Windows 10 Pre-installed: You can download and use
media from this site on your device and it will install correctly.
In most cases you will not be asked for a product key during
installation, the product key is included on the motherboard. However,
after installation, the device will NOT contain the specialized drivers
and software that came pre-installed from your manufacturer. *If you are
prompted for a product key during installation, refer to How do I find
my Windows product key? question above."


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Old November 17th 17, 02:14 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Doomsdrzej[_2_]
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On Thu, 16 Nov 2017 07:12:22 -0500, Keith Nuttle
wrote:

I several years ago I bought an HP Stream Table with an Intel Atom
processor, 1GB of memory, and 32 GB of storage. I added a 32 GB sd card
to increase the storage.

It came with Windows 8 installed. It easily upgraded to Windows 10 but
with each subsequent upgrade I am having increasing problems getting the
upgrade install.

The Fall creator edition 1709 failed, several times. I was able to
remove the install files from the Softwaredistribution folder and get
the computer operational. This last Tuesday patch failed, and I can not
get it to install. I will have again delete the 10's of thousand files
from the Softwaredistribution folder.

This small computer is becoming less capable of accepting the updates,
but MS continues to keep trying to upgrade the computer. All that
happens is 10's of thousands more files with each failed upgrade/update.

How can I reinstall the original Windows 8 OS on this computer? Yes it
is obsolete, but will be supported until 2023, after that it will still
work. Staying with Windows 10, at some point it will become unusable as
even if I can get the upgrades installed it will out grow the 32GB of
storage available.


It failed for me once too but I accidentally stumbled on the solution.
After it fails the first time, go into Windows Explorer, right-click
your hard disk and clean the system files (including the update
files). Then, try an upgrade again. I'm using 1709 at the moment and
it's a very good update to say the least.
 




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