Windows 10: 1809 update Data Loss

Perhaps my observations on the SB2 15", win 10, 1809 (!!!) can help with solving the "data loss problems with the update.


1 I have had no data loss or other hiccups with the update.


2 I had redirected the folders "pictures", "music", "videos" (but not "documents") from my C:\Users folder respectively to
E:\username\pictures2
E:\username\music2
E:\username\videos2
E being a permanent SDXC card


3 This redirection was accomplished by modifying the "properties" of the individual folders, namely by explicitly specifying the new target path.


4 1809 has expanded it's "properties" app, so that the system-storage-storage options tab includes more redirections, for example:
Store new pictures to - C: Main Storage or E: secondary storage. Default is C:.


5 Upon trying this out - redirecting "new pictures" to E: - a new User Folder was created with my name on E: and in this, a new "pictures" folder, while removing the original "pictures" from the original user folder on C:. The originally redirected pictures remained on E: in their folder pictures2 (see point 2)
There is obviously a storage conflict between individual specs of user data folders and this new redirection feature in properties.


6 Without individual redirection it could be, that the original user files in the user folder were just replaced by empty folders when updating.


7 I mentioned not redirecting the "documents" folder. This had remained on C: in the user folder.
When I checked "documents", the folder was still there, including all sub-folders. But without any files! It seems to have been replaced by just the empty folder structure.


Conclusion: Could it be that the new feature of redirecting user files performed these replacements wrongly due to an error in specifying the full path in the update routines - forgetting to transfer data with the folder structure?

:)

 

Windows 1809 Started the install on Surface Pro 4 but it stopped and the update screen closed by itself.

It started the download of 1809 and I walked away. Came back twenty minutes later and the update page was no longer open. Tried update again and it said it's updated.

It didn't complete the update or state the RESTART NOW.

Update history lists 1809 and states RESTART REQUIRED but since it didn't complete the install restarting does nothing.

So it thinks it's installed the 1809 update but it hasn't. It won't download 1809 again.

ABOUT say's it is 1803.

Suggestions?

 

Crucial Releases "000F" Firmware Update for M4 SSD, Enhances Power-Loss Protection

Crucial is known for issuing firmware updates for its M4 series SSDs that bring significant improvements, be it the 0009 update that introduced performance improvements by as much as 20%, or the 0309 update that fixed a lot of BSOD instability issues. Introduced on Wednesday, the newest firmware update, "000F", introduces the following changes:

• Improved compatibility with certain SAS expanders and peripheral RAID cards.
• Improved throughput stability under extremely heavy workloads.
• Improved data protection in the event of unexpected, asynchronous power loss.

With higher performance, improved OS-level stability, and now with higher throughput stability and improved data protection in the event of power loss, Crucial M4 is closer to being the perfect consumer SSD.

DOWNLOAD: Crucial M4 000F Firmware Update Windows 7 Updater Utility, Manual Boot File, Instructions

 

Convert Windows 10 from Legacy BIOS to UEFI without Data Loss  


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