Windows 10: Preparing for Windows 10 Install Not Going Well...

I have tried everything that I know of to prepared for the install of W10 and I can't get that Windows logo to appear on my taskbar to save my life.
If anyone has any other advice to offer, I'm all ears as this is very frustrating...

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Windows 10 upgrade not going well

Two days ago my computer started Windows 10 over again like I had just installed
it, but I actually updated to Windows 10 from 8.1 two months ago.
Today it happened again and was welcomed again to Microsoft Edge and still cannot find window update in the control panel. I went to the services manager and windows update shows to be running, just cannot locate it. I have asked different forums but no
one seems to understand. The only possible answer I have come across was that it is malicious software. I am running the removal tool deep scan but when I did the quick scan it said it couldn't find anything. There is something that is keeping me from accessing
windows update and from what I understand that is a clue it is malware. Because if you cannot update then Windows Defender will not work properly and it can stay hidden. And right before this happened Defender had been finding things that needed to be quarantined
and deleted (Trojans and other .exe files that kept coming up in windows temp file) no matter how many times it was found and deleted it came back. I ran Malwarebyte antimalware repeatedly and it never found anything and then I would run Defender and it would.
I hope to find an answer soon because if windows 10 keeps starting over every day it is eating up my data usage

 

Windows 10 upgrade not going well

Hello,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

I would appreciate, if you can provide us the following information to help us understand the issue better?

• What do you mean when you say "my computer started Windows 10 over again like I had just installed it"? Does is starts applying settings all over again.
• Do you get any error message/ error code on your system?

I would suggest you to follow the methods given below and check.

Method 1:

I would also suggest you to run Microsoft safety scanner.

Run Microsoft Safety Scanner.

Run a full computer scan with the Microsoft Safety Scanner to make sure that the computer is virus free.

Microsoft Safety Scanner: Safety Scanner - Windows Defender Security Intelligence

Note:

Any data files that are infected may only be cleaned by deleting the file entirely, which means there is a potential for data loss.

The Microsoft Safety Scanner expires 10 days after being downloaded. To rerun a scan with the latest anti-malware definitions, download and run the Microsoft Safety Scanner again

If issue still persists try method 2,

Method 2: Perform Clean Boot.

Placing your system in Clean Boot state helps in identifying if any third party applications or startup items are causing the issue. Check this issue in clean boot state.

• Press Windows key + X key. And select Run.
• Type msconfig in the Run box and hit Enter.
• On the Services tab of the System Configuration dialog box, tap or click to select the
  Hide all Microsoft services check box, and then tap or click
  Disable all.
• On the Startup tab of the System Configuration dialog box, tap or click
  Open Task Manager.
• On the Startup tab in Task Manager, for each startup item, select the item and then click
  Disable.
• Close Task Manager.
• On the Startup tab of the System Configuration dialog box, tap or click
  OK, and then restart the computer.

Note: After clean boot troubleshooting step, follow the section "How to reset the computer to start as usual after troubleshooting with clean boot" in the provided link to return your computer
to Normal startup mode.



If issue didn't get resolve try method 3

Method 3:

Try to run a System File Checker (SFC) scan to check for any file corruption.
SFC scan will scan for corrupt system files on the computer and repair them.

• Press Windows key + X, click
  Command Prompt (Admin).
• In the Command Prompt, type the following command, and then press ENTER:
  
  sfc /scannow

Hope the information helps. Let us know if you need further assistance with Windows related issues. We will be happy to help.

 

I assume you have done a windows update? If not as Microsoft are doing a gradual rollout when your machine is ready for Win 10 the little Win logo will eventually appear in the taskbar when it is ready and then you can click on it to reserve your copy.

Steve

 

OP, Check this out: Solved I still don't have the - Windows 10 Forums

It might help
Jeff

 

I have in fact done the update. I am not running the latest BIOS for my MSI Z97 Gaming 5 mobo though because I am receiving a error everytime I try to install the onboard VGA driver (which is a prerequisite required) prior to updating the BIOS.
Could a out of date BIOS be the culprit?

 

Not totally sure but it could. If you do upgrade the BIOS be careful.