W10 upgrade woes

Gers

Got the prompt to install the W10 upgrade this afternoon so did.

Eventually got a screen asking me to select a keyboard layout.

Selected a United Kingdom.

Got a screen with options to either rollback, restore volume 3, repair my PC or restart.

None of these options do anything expect go back to the keyboard layout screen as it tells me it has no previous volume, no restore point and can't repair.

After a bit of faffing around I'm now resetting the PC (saving my files and losing added programmes).

What went wrong? And how can I avoid it happening again?

Thanks

grumpycrab

Gers wrote: »

After a bit of faffing around I'm now resetting the PC (saving my files and losing added programmes).

What version though? (type winver in search to find out). Expect many answers to your last question to begin with the letter L (am I first?)

Gers

grumpycrab wrote: »

What version though? (type winver in search to find out). Expect many answers to your last question to begin with the letter L (am I first?)

No idea! Just using my USB recovery media.

No idea what you are alluding to either.

It was the W10 April upgrade.

Gravedigger

Don't fancy using Linux then? :beer::j:D:rotfl:

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Browntoa

If you use avast , that seems to be causing problems

John_Gray

Indeed - this article is worth a read:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/05/22/windows_10_update_woes_redux/

Gers

Browntoa wrote: »

If you use avast , that seems to be causing problems

John_Gray wrote: »

Indeed - this article is worth a read:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/05/22/windows_10_update_woes_redux/

Thanks both. Yes, I had avast installed and wish I'd seen that article five hours ago!

Laptop has now reset so my days will be spent downloading programmes. As I live in what can be classed as a field with very poor broadband speeds it make take some time. I'll leave things like MS Office 365 until I get to the big city on Thursday and my Mum's fibre connection.

Thanks again.

DaveG247

I share your pain I've just come on here to have a rant.. just updated w10 and I'm getting the same choose keyboard and next screen that does *ugger all loop although I haven't done the reset so if there's another way around it that someone know that'd be helpful

Gers

DaveG247 wrote: »

I share your pain I've just come on here to have a rant.. just updated w10 and I'm getting the same choose keyboard and next screen that does *ugger all loop although I haven't done the reset so if there's another way around it that someone know that'd be helpful

Reset using the USB media worked. :mad: Sorry I cant offer any other method.

DaveG247

Cheers Gers, I've downloaded the windows file gonna be a few days till I'm in a position to give it a go but fingers crossed !!!128077;