Windows 10: Windows Update (war never changes) 1903 messed my computer up bigtime. Drive letters mixed up.

I hate that Windows is like this. You have no freakin idea what's happening to your PC. I've heard people say Windows Update takes so long to finish bc of all its security features and failsafes. Well that is probably BS most of the time. My recovery neither could uninstall the update, nor restore the system, nor troubleshoot. On Linux, if you updated the kernel, and the kernel doesn't boot, at least you know where to start.

Well, ranting aside, I let it download and install 1903. I went outside while it did. 20 minutes I come back inside and see the bios message: No boot device found. Insert boot and press enter. I'm fckd was the first thought that crossed my mind.

On further investigation, all my drive letters are MIXED UP. I know this since I've named them (C) Alpha, (D) Delta, (E) Epsilon (F) Fi (P) Pi and so on. Now I have like (G) Alpha, (P) Epsilon, (F) Delta. Why does Windows do this to me?

I tried at least rearrange C drive with diskpart. I also did chkdsk and it said it did some repairs to my C drive. bootrec did not work (no permissions) I did not really get explained why, but I used bcdboot.

Now, after trying all this stuff 2-3 times. It kindof boots. But on boot I first got the Windows Update screen at 30%. Then it said it could not configure and I should restart installation. After that it reboots to the same screen each time: first the dotty circle loading, then a popup windows that says

The computer restarted unexpectedly or encountered unexpected error. Windows installation cannot proceed. To install Windows, click "OK" to restart the computer, and then restart the installation.
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This update was from May this year. Is Windows not supposed to resolve bugs that are found related to it? Does it make any difference waiting with a fresh update? I really appreciate any help!

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Windows 10 changing USB port drive letters

Hi Joseph,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

I understand the inconvenience you are facing currently.

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

• Since when are you facing this issue?
• Did you make any changes in prior to this issue?

I would like to inform you that the issue might have occurred due to some changes made to your computer.

I suggest you to try changing the drive letter of the drive and check if it helps.

Follow the steps to change the drive letter:

• Press Windows + X keys and click on Disk Management.
• Right click on the external drive and click on Change Drive letter and paths.
• Click on Change the button.
• Under Assign the following Drive letter, select the desired drive letter.
• Click Ok to save changes.

Hope the information helps. Please let us know if the issue persist and we will be happy to assist you further.

 

Cannot change drive letter

Hello,

I request you to try the steps below:

• Press "Windows" + "R" on the keyboard.
• Type "diskmgmt.msc" and press Enter key.
• Now right click on the drive and select Change drive letter or path.
• Select the drive and click on Change.
• Now select the drive letter and click on OK.

If you have any further queries, feel free to contact us. We will be happy to help you.



Thank you.

 

help. USB drive isn't assigned a drive letter.

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