Windows 10: another problem with upgrade

Yeah something is wrong I guess with this link......Grrrrrr Word Man was telling me same thing, earlier simrick ...what the heck is MS doing??

 

I got in and grabbed a link using Chrome just now. Maybe they were updating their site?

 

@collieman do you see the link simrick has posted for you?? msg# 13 ??? Unless you have downloaded it already?

 

Sure hope he needed 64-bit and not 32...

 

Maybe I mislead you in the way I said it now that I read it back. I am not back on win 7. I meant that I can go back to win 7 at any time with no difficulty. Meaning that I never had to backup any other partitions along with C. That Tech Bench ISO never validated my download. I wanted to try the link you suggested.....https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/9...-download.html as maybe I was doing the wrong thing. As for the version 1511? I checked my version using run/winver and it is 1511. I didn't know there were different versions but it is 1511. So, here is where I am at right now as I write this. I just reinstalled win 10 ver. 1511. I have updates turned off. Have installed some of the apps I use most. Going to see if it works without updating. Just wish I could choose the updates I want to install but Microsoft must know what's best for me.....yea, right. If it works without updating then what do I do? Just use it that way and hope for the best OR go back to 7. Is it this computer? Don't think so. There are a few older laptops that aren't being used anymore, where I used to work that my old boss might let me have. I'd like to experiment with them. They had 7 on them and might be candidates for win 10 upgrades. BTW Thank you guys for your help on this. Appreciate very much.

 

What I would like you to do NOW is make a Complete Image Backup, using Macrium Reflect. Store this image on another drive, not on your C drive. Image EVERYTHING on your C drive. All partitions. Should be either 3 or 4 partitions on your C drive.
Then run verify on Macruim to check your image. Once this is done, you should be able to restore the OS you are on now, right back to same as it is now. Without having to re-install again.

Then once this is done, THEN you can try updating your Windows 10. The version you should be on is this one.




To find out your version, type Winver in your windows search window.

 

Agreed.

 

OldMike65, Way ahead of ya on this one. Already done. C was backed up and verified right after a new install of 10 and running good. Then I used third party software to wipe the C partition and reformat. Then I reinstalled 10 from using the new backup. The backup worked just fine. I have updates turned off. Used the computer til late last night. All went well. Got up this morn. Computer booted right up very fast and still works great. The computer now is unusually "peppy" and responsive. Feels like I have a core I7 with a load of DDR4 in here but, I don't have my apps installed. I will now do the updates and get back to ya. My fingers are crossed. BTY. One thing you said in your previous post was to "Image EVERYTHING on your C drive. All partitions. Should be either 3 or 4 partitions on your C drive". I don't follow you on that one. 3 or 4 partitions on my C drive? Did you mean "hard drive"? I'm only using one (C) partition of 100 gigs now just to eliminate any possible problems. Now, it's updating time.*cry

 

Yeah, I think he meant, image all partitions on your Drive 0 (which includes C).

 

Yup, and I am going to show him a pic...*Smile

 

Ok, guess I confused you, sorry....here is a pic of my c drive, from Macrium Reflect, notice the 4 partitions each one has a check mark at the bottom . That's what I meant by backing up everything on your C drive. *Smile

 

The bottom one in the pic is my D-drive, that's where I send all my image backups too. Hope this explains it better. *Smile

 

I am hoping THIS time you are successful with your Windows Updates!!! I am keeping my fingers AND toes crossed for you collieman!!

 

64 bit it was.

 

Welllll what happened????