Windows 10: Windows 2004 upgrade still takes hours to complete despite taking extensive precautions

Why does Win 2004 upgrade still take hours to complete when I know other users complete it in less than an hour?

Most of us have been here before; with long install times . The upgrade took 20 minutes in "Getting things ready" 3 hours in "installing" and 2 hours after re-boot, start to finish.


I started the download from the win update screen after it appeared when I did a manual update request.

I have 600 Gb of free space on a HDD of 1TB and a 1% fragmentation at time of upgrade. I uninstalled my AVG virus software before I upgraded and ran the Win Update Troubleshooter. I disconnected all external drives, printers, USB´drives and mouses. Of course I did a Back-Up and Image. Please do not tell me that my hardware is too old i.e. no SSD, or my download speed is to slow.

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How long does the 2004 upgrade take using Windows Update?

A year ago I asked (and answered) the same question for 1903. Having just let Window Update successfully upgrade the same machine I used for those tests I can say that the answer remains the same. Times for each step were almost identical - over four hours from start to a working desktop.

How long does the 1903 upgrade take using Windows Update?


My recommendation: unless you really need to see the Feature Update listed in update history, then download the ISO and use that to upgrade.

 

Windows Updated(16299.309).KB4088776 Restart is required to complete.

Hi dalchina. Good news, I followed your suggestion and reinstalled the update and now it appears as "installed correctly" *Biggrin Maybe it was not necessary to run the Windows Update Troubleshooter or maybe if necessary. But using it I do not think it could have worsened something. The installation was very fast, unlike the first time it showed step 1 and step 2 completed.

Thanks for the suggestions and for the time to respond Best regards.


And thanks for the tip of that program, I'll have it on my list.

 

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