Creators Upgrade Stops dead

Got a problem trying to install creators upgrade.

Laptop with 4GB mem. The upgrade runs for a few hours then when I look
at it it has completely stalled ... no activity, blank screen but
machine still on. All I can do is hard power down and then switch on
again.

At this point the system tries to recover and eventually decides to
restore my current version of Windows 10. So upgrade is not performed
in the end. No idea what is causing the halt as there is no info on the
screen. This has happened 3 times now.

Any ideas how to resolve?

TIA.

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Wilf

Wilf wrote:
Got a problem trying to install creators upgrade.

Laptop with 4GB mem. The upgrade runs for a few hours then when I look
at it it has completely stalled ... no activity, blank screen but
machine still on. All I can do is hard power down and then switch on
again.

At this point the system tries to recover and eventually decides to
restore my current version of Windows 10. So upgrade is not performed
in the end. No idea what is causing the halt as there is no info on the
screen. This has happened 3 times now.

Any ideas how to resolve?

TIA.


The install process potentially has more than one log file.

There may be a slight difference, between a Windows Update orchestrated
upgrade, versus running setup.exe off a 15063 DVD.

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/...upgrade-errors

And the basic format of the log would be:

positive going steps as the install progresses
oopsy, maybe not labeled in any bold way in the text
steps to unroll the install, many hundreds of lines

As a result, you may have to scroll back from the bottom
a fair ways, to figure out where the "oopsy" is buried.

One difference between a Windows Update Upgrade and the DVD type,
is WU stages drivers in advance. Whereas the DVD can run your screen
with a Basic Display Adapter (VESA) driver, show you the regular
desktop, with a notification dialog stating "I'm looking for
a video driver now". The DVD method, running setup.exe off it,
avoids any (slight) driver errors that might bollox the install
on you.

I prefer the DVD method, because it caps my downloads at 4GB.
Whereas a net install (windows update), who knows how many times
it's going to download that stuff again and again.

Have fun,
Paul

On 14/04/2017 22:28, Wilf wrote:
Got a problem trying to install creators upgrade.

Laptop with 4GB mem. The upgrade runs for a few hours then when I
look at it it has completely stalled ... no activity, blank screen but
machine still on. All I can do is hard power down and then switch on
again.

At this point the system tries to recover and eventually decides to
restore my current version of Windows 10. So upgrade is not performed
in the end. No idea what is causing the halt as there is no info on
the screen. This has happened 3 times now.

Any ideas how to resolve?

TIA.


are you doing it automatic upgrade over the internet or have you
downloaded the full iso of Windows?

I suggest download the full iso of Windows and save it either in a
removable flash drive or at the root of your C drive. Once it is
download, right-click on the ISO file and extract the files using
7-ZIP. Edge can also unzip it but the instructions are quite
complicated so just use 7-zip.

Once the unzip is finished, you will need to browse to the unzipped
folder until you see a file called setup.exe. you can't miss this. You
can then press the shift key and right-click any where in the blank
space and select as shown in this pictu

http://i.imgur.com/JmXfXrp.png http://i.imgur.com/JmXfXrp.png

Once you are at the cmd prompt, just type:

setup.exe /auto upgrade

This will do the trick and you will be able to finish in about 1 hour.
Don't switch off the machine because the screen might appear to freeze
but it is working in the background.

Good luck.



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Wilf wrote:
Got a problem trying to install creators upgrade.

Laptop with 4GB mem. The upgrade runs for a few hours then when I look
at it it has completely stalled ... no activity, blank screen but
machine still on. All I can do is hard power down and then switch on
again.

At this point the system tries to recover and eventually decides to
restore my current version of Windows 10. So upgrade is not performed
in the end. No idea what is causing the halt as there is no info on the
screen. This has happened 3 times now.

Any ideas how to resolve?

TIA.

I had the same type of problem on an HP laptop. Disabling the driver
signature and using a DVD with the upgrade worked.

https://www.howtogeek.com/167723/how...igned-drivers/

On 14/04/2017 10:28 pm, Wilf wrote:

Got a problem trying to install creators upgrade.

Laptop with 4GB mem. The upgrade runs for a few hours then when I look
at it it has completely stalled ... no activity, blank screen but
machine still on. All I can do is hard power down and then switch on
again.

At this point the system tries to recover and eventually decides to
restore my current version of Windows 10. So upgrade is not performed
in the end. No idea what is causing the halt as there is no info on the
screen. This has happened 3 times now.

Any ideas how to resolve?

TIA.


Thank you for all your replies and help. I'm using windows 10 upgrade
assistant, not a downloaded iso. I will try that and see whether it
sorts out my problem.

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On 15/4/2017 5:28 AM, Wilf wrote:
Got a problem trying to install creators upgrade.

Laptop with 4GB mem. The upgrade runs for a few hours then when I look
at it it has completely stalled ... no activity, blank screen but
machine still on. All I can do is hard power down and then switch on
again.

At this point the system tries to recover and eventually decides to
restore my current version of Windows 10. So upgrade is not performed
in the end. No idea what is causing the halt as there is no info on the
screen. This has happened 3 times now.

I reinstalled my Win 10 using the Creator Update ISO. No problem so far.

To download the ISO, you need to play with user agent strings described
in the following webpage:

http://feeds.betanews.com/~r/bn/~3/e2ydHTUqUy0/


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Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
On 15/4/2017 5:28 AM, Wilf wrote:
Got a problem trying to install creators upgrade.

Laptop with 4GB mem. The upgrade runs for a few hours then when I
look at it it has completely stalled ... no activity, blank screen but
machine still on. All I can do is hard power down and then switch on
again.

At this point the system tries to recover and eventually decides to
restore my current version of Windows 10. So upgrade is not performed
in the end. No idea what is causing the halt as there is no info on
the screen. This has happened 3 times now.

I reinstalled my Win 10 using the Creator Update ISO. No problem so far.

To download the ISO, you need to play with user agent strings described
in the following webpage:

http://feeds.betanews.com/~r/bn/~3/e2ydHTUqUy0/

Rly ???

You absolutely *had* to do it that way ?

That's the *best* you could do ?

Paul

On 15/4/2017 6:20 PM, Paul wrote:

Rly ???
You absolutely *had* to do it that way ?
That's the *best* you could do ?

It's my preference. A clean install can remove junks and hidden
problems. I don't have Micro$oft employees serving my needs.

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Wilf wrote:

Got a problem trying to install creators upgrade.

Why are people so eager to run into problems?

Wait until the thing is forced on you.

On Sat, 15 Apr 2017 15:02:34 -0000 (UTC), John Doe
wrote:

Wilf wrote:

Got a problem trying to install creators upgrade.

Why are people so eager to run into problems?

Wait until the thing is forced on you.

Because I have two machines that run 24/7 monitoring equipment and
keeping a website up-to-date. I chose to update at the start of a
long weekend when I am here to resolve issues instead of having the
update occur in the middle of the night when I am out of town. Is
that OK with you? Maybe I should have checked with you first.

On 15/04/2017 4:02 pm, John Doe wrote:

Wilf wrote:

Got a problem trying to install creators upgrade.

Why are people so eager to run into problems?

Wait until the thing is forced on you.

Because when it is forced on me, I'll have less time to sort any
problems out. What's wrong with installing it early? (well, in my case,
not being able to install it!!!)

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On Sat, 15 Apr 2017 15:02:34 -0000 (UTC), John Doe
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Wilf wilf replyto.newsgroup wrote:

Got a problem trying to install creators upgrade.

Why are people so eager to run into problems?

Wait until the thing is forced on you.

Because I have two machines that run 24/7 monitoring equipment and
keeping a website up-to-date. I chose to update at the start of a
long weekend when I am here to resolve issues instead of having the
update occur in the middle of the night when I am out of town. Is
that OK with you? Maybe I should have checked with you first.

On 04/15/2017 04:11 AM, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:

[snip]

To download the ISO, you need to play with user agent strings described
in the following webpage:

http://feeds.betanews.com/~r/bn/~3/e2ydHTUqUy0/

Or use a pre-7 or non-Windows OS.

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