Windows 10: Use bootable USB to upgrade to 1511

Here is prior to restart after the installing windows 10 screen...

 

And another big fat fail *Sad any other thoughts? @davidhk

 

No, I have no solution for you.
I apologize for wasting your time.

 

Not a waste at all, I appreciate your time and trying to help *Smile

Thanks again!

 

If you end up doing a clean install, do you have your Windows key # so when it asks for your Windows key, you know what it is??
Their is a program on here that can find your Windows key info, if you don't have this information already.

 

Sorry to hear it failed again *Sad

I'm pretty much out of ideas too, maybe try again without allowing it to check for updates?

Boot from USB and try install W10 update, if that fails then clean install might be the only option to move to 10586. I would be tempted to stay on the existing version, it's frustrating when users go above and beyond what should be needed to move to the next W10 version and it doesn't work. *Mad

W10 was introduced with the idea that all OS upgrades would come through windows update, and upgrading would be virtually seamless to the end user. What a miserable failure that's been, I'm sure there are many, many W10 computers still on 10240.

 

Is that what this user was trying to do, Upgrade from 10240 to 1511 ?? ....by ISO According to Brink, this can't be done this way.
User has to upgrade to 1511 only thru Windows Update. Which I didn't know until few hours ago, when Brink was telling this other user, same thing.

 

Yes I am trying go from 10240 to 1511. Windows Update will not work at all, so I was trying another way.

All windows update does is tell me the upgrade is ready and to restart for the install to start....then it does nothing but restart. This happens over and over. Not in a boot loop or anything, just schedules a restart and does nothing... But restart.

I agree that the idea of this great, but once again Microsoft screws it up. This is the most frustrating thing I have ever dealt with.

I do have the key, I used jellybean to get it, plus it's on the bottom of the PC.

Is there any thing else I can try? I really don't want to reinstall all my stuff.

Thank you everyone

 

I would like to read what Brink had said.
I hope you were not quoting old thread. MS had once pulled the MCT and Tech Bench, and told users to upgrade via Windows Update ONLY.
But that was last year.

 

According to what I was told only way to upgrade to Windows 1511 is thru your Windows 10240 As Windows will only update like to like versions. Brink told this other user, to try this Bat file that will RESET your Windows 10 version 10240. THEN run Windows Update.You may have to run this 2 to 3 times, each time you run this, REBOOT. Then try to run your Windows update.
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/2...dows-10-a.html

 

At this point you've tried....and given up.....so please stay out of this David.

 

Easy folks, all ideas are welcome here. I am willing to try anything. I just want to get this thing upgraded and not lose my stuff.

I will try the batch file and see what we have after that.

Thanks again everyone

 

You should be able to upgrade doing so from an ISO, but I'm not sure if you'll be able to keep everything or not.

 

Thanks @Brink

I tried by just mounting the iso. I am going to run your bat file a few times with reboot in between. Then see if update will actually work.

If it doesn't, then I don't know what else to do but either deal with no upgrade or lose everything and clean install.....unless you have some other ideas?

Thanks

 

This user has tried 2 or 3 times already, with no success yet. He gets about 75% done, then it fails Shawn. So, after what you were saying earlier, I thought he had to use your Bat file to Reset his Windows Update, and install it thru his windows 10240 version to upgrade to 1511. Thought you said, User could only upgrade like to like versions??? Now, you got me confused??

Unless your saying he could do a Clean install using a 1511 ISO.....and yes, user would lose everything, and have to reinstall all his personal apps and files.