Windows 10: Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Slow Build 17127 - Mar. 23

i had no problems in the previous build, i just use the external drive for backups although it's about 4 years old.

 

Since it's been giving intermittent problems, I'd suspect it about the same as I would Windows.

If I were you, I'd back up to something else, just in case the drive is going bad. Maybe back up to Microsoft's OneDrive as a security measure.

This is what made me suspect the drive is dying; inconsistently being the key word:

 

One thing to check is if USB selective suspend is enabled. If it is, an external USB HDD wil be put to sleep / disconnect after being idle for a while.

On my laptop, I keep it disabled when plugged in, only enabling it when on battery.

*Arrow Turn On or Off USB Selective Suspend in Windows 10 Windows 10 Tutorials

 

I have windows Store, and it is working fine. I have about 12 external WD hdd drives, and they connect and work fine, except one old one which seems to have died. And every other function I have tested seems to be working well. EXCEPT, my bluetooth keyboard, which worked for a few hours, and then the connection crapped out. Other than that, it's all peaches...

 

This is insane. I let my Insider Partition update normally to build 17127 and although the WU process took around 45 min, when I clicked on the restart button to update to this build, it only took 8 min!

Usually, if I use the UUP Dump method where I use the mini server to get the latest build and then mount the ISO to upgrade to the latest build, it takes around 20-30 min.

Insane optimization! Thanks Microsoft!

 

Thanks, Kari. Good information.

 

You are welcome, my lady *Smile

 

Quick and easy here. Google Backup & Sync still resets after a build upgrade -- not sure if it's because I have my libraries moved into the G Drive folder since it does not seem that everyone has this issue.

 

Windows update took 2 hours and 45 minutes on my desktop.

 

I have this issue and I also have moved the location from the default so that could be the problem.

 

I was surprised with the speed, I checked settings and a restart was requested, and by the time I had made a cup of tea it was waiting for the PIN.

 

This upgrade was a complete disaster. Booted to a Black Desktop that was non-functional - even in safe mode.
I will try to install from the ISO I made. Fortunately Build 17623 of what is now known as Windows Server 2019. I could restore a backup image of an earlier build but I'm not sure why I should bother. I'll need to wait until the end of April while Fast ring catches up with Skippy. Debian Unstable is doing fine.

 

I noticed that when its starts installing, the windows setup installer only uses one core, and it was maxing out that core.
I think it would be alot faster if the installer was multi threaded.

 

Yes, it happens with me as well. Note, this build, didn't just reset Google backup and sync, it completely removed it, and I use default settings, so moving it is not a cause

 

Yep, this is the reason why there exist 3rd party tools for manipulating Windows images. They are a lot faster, because they are multithreaded. The MS DISM application is REALLY slow. *Smile