Windows 10: How to get rights to copy to Root of C:

RE: Backup drivers before upgrade. I use this tool to make three backup sets of drivers to external media.

Double Driver Download

• All drivers
• Non Microsoft drivers
• All drivers

 

EDIT: Try the partition resize method first.

 

My recovery partition is 15 GB.

 

dahermit,

I imagine you are now considering the investigation that Bree has suggested. Unless that resolves all your problems please would you consider these points -

1 In your question, you referred to your 'setup disk'. Is this an older installation disk or a new-ish one specifically made to contain Ver 1709?
2 In your explanation of the original problem, you mentioned, "4 Downloaded file SSU(kb4058704) for 64 bit". I cannot find any references to KB4058704.
3 In your explanation of the original problem, you mentioned, "an error ... that results from the Windows 10 Pro update from 1703 to 1709". Did the update to Ver 1709 complete, albeit with these errors, or are you still on Ver 1703? You can find out by opening a Command prompt window or PowerShell window and entering winver - the dialog box that appears tells you the current version.

Denis

 

Servicing Stack Update (SSU) ?

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4058702/servicing-stack-update-for-windows-10-version-1709-january-3-2018

 

That doesn't make sense, that's far too large to have been created by installing Windows. That size is consistent with an OEM factory reset recovery partition.

How many recovery partitions does disk management say you have? That may not be the one that Windows is actually using as the active recovery partition.

Please read this tutorial and post a screenshot as described...

Disk Management - How to Post a Screenshot of


EDIT: your emachines ET1331G-03w was supplied with Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit. That 16GB recovery partition will almost certainly contain the Windows 7 factory reset image. Windows 10 will likely be using another partition.

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...7-d8d385dcbb12

 

Thanks for finding that, but unfortunately the forum posting software seems to have broken your link at the bit you put in bold. Here's one that works.
http://support.microsoft.com/help/4058702

 

To the best of my memory, that is how the drive came when I bought this computer (Hewlett Packard Compact Pro, 6305 Small Form Factor)...used from a refurbisher/reseller, with Windows 10 Pro, preinstalled. I have had this computer a year, give or take...I do not remember anything about how the partitions were set-up on it when I got it...remember, I am 74 years old (my memory for details is fading).

One recovery partition. As the screenshot shows:

That was my previous computer about a year or so ago...see above for my current computer.

 

Time you updated your system specs then *Smile

Is disk 0 the only disk? Unfortunately your screenshot does not show all details, please read this tutorial.

Disk Management - How to Post a Screenshot of

your emachines ET1331G-03w HP 6305 was supplied with Windows 7 Ultimate Professional 64-bit Edition. https://www.cnet.com/products/hp-com...-series/specs/

It still follows that the 16GB recovery partition would contain the Windows 7 factory reset image. Looks like the refurbisher/reseller upgraded the existing system (probably after a factory reset) to W10 rather than wiping the drive and doing a clean install.

Windows may be using the existing 16GB recovery partition. With a system image already in there, there may not be enough room for Setup to update that to 1709.

I suggest you shrink the C: partition by at least 600MB, preferably 1GB. If (as it seems) this is an MBR partitioned drive, there can be up to four partitions, so there can be one more. Setup should able to create a new recovery partition in the unallocated space you'd create at the end of the drive.

As a precaution, it's always a good idea to make a system image of the existing drive before making changes like these.

 

The plot thickens...on the current automatic attempt to install "important security upgrades on your pc", error code 0xc0000005 was generated.

 

"Setup should able to create a new recovery partition..." A statement. I do not understand what I am supposed to do.

"system image"? I have a clone of the drive...is that a "system image"?
Here is an expanded screenshot:

 

Yes, that should be OK. I just wanted to be sure you could get back to a working unmodified system if any changes go badly wrong.

 

I can figure out how to shrink the C: partition by 1GB.

But have no idea how to proceed from there.

 

Just try the update to 1709 again. If you shrink C: there will be 1GB unallocated space at the end of the drive. This is available for the upgrade to use if (as I suspect) it wants to create a recovery partition of its own (and currently fails due to lack of space).

 

Shrunk C: drive by 1GB. The screenshot of the drive as shrunk, I will attempt the Windows 10 upgrade tonight and see how it goes. I should know if it works tomorrow A.M.