[dba-Tech] Windows 10 installation problem

[Heenan, Lambert]

I hit problem upgrading from Windows 7 to 10 on a netbook. The upgrade (from the ISO) apparently worked, but there was no start menu and task manager did not show much of anything. On closer inspection, hours and hours into the process, the disk access light was still flickering so it seems the install got hung up on something.

I wound up just doing a 'clean install' from the ISO and that got the thing set up fine. Not too big an issue for me as I don't do much with the netbook, so I only needed to reinstall Lightroom and Photoshop and an Open office suite. 

Lambert

-----Original Message-----
From: dba-Tech [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2015 4:38 AM
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Windows 10 installation problem

Hi Jon

Oh, forgot that. I've just used the ISO and its key from our MAPS subscription.

Perhaps you should extract the key from the current Windows and use that. To be safe, keep the current drive as is and replace it with a new SSD - it will do magic. A 120 GB should do, and these are not so expensive.

/gustav

-----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
Fra: dba-Tech [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] På vegne af Jon Tydda
Sendt: 13. august 2015 10:19
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Emne: Re: [dba-Tech] Windows 10 installation problem

Hi Gustav

Yes, that would be best, but I read somewhere that you need to upgrade your 8.1 key before you can do a clean install... Is that wrong?


Jon

-----Original Message-----
From: dba-Tech [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2015 9:04 AM
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Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Windows 10 installation problem

Hi Jon

Isn't the simple solution to do a clean install of Windows 10 from the ISO? It will, as you probably know from Windows 8, initially let you remove any and all partitions, and then automatically create the needed system partitions of a few hundred MB.

The challenge for laptops are the drivers for the peculiar and proprietary devices these are equipped with.

/gustav

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Fra: dba-Tech [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] På vegne af Jon Tydda
Sendt: 13. august 2015 09:47
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Emne: Re: [dba-Tech] Windows 10 installation problem

Hi Bill

Yeah, I downloaded a free partition manager too, but I can't work out which partition I need to increase. If you look at the question I posted on the Microsoft site, there's a picture of my Disk Partitions...

http://url.ie/z3b1


Jon

-----Original Message-----
From: dba-Tech [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Bill Patten
Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2015 10:47 PM
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Windows 10 installation problem

Jon,

I ran into this problem on my wife's computer. A suggestion on the web was to download MiniTool Partition manager (the free version ) and I removed 300M from the main partition then increased the 50M existing to 350 or so.
Then the update went just fine.

http://www.partitionwizard.com/free-partition-manager.html

I might not have the sizes exactly right but I think I started with 50 and ended with 300+.
Bill

-----Original Message-----
From: Jon Tydda
Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2015 12:44 PM
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: [dba-Tech] Windows 10 installation problem

Hi all

I'm having issues with my laptop when I try to upgrade to Windows 10.

I get the dreaded "We can't update the System Reserved partition"
message, and no helpful advice...

After much Googling, I've been reduced to posting a question on the Microsoft help page (I know, the shame!).

I was just wondering if anyone had any ideas what to do...

There's a picture of my Disk Management details on the question
(http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-windows_install/we-couldnt-update-the-system-reserved-partition/f06c1423-a296-4b85-83f8-8e4281f16c66?tm=1439407158743)

The computer is a HP Pavilion laptop, with a 256gb Corsair M550 SSD in it (replaced the 1tb HDD that it came with). Was originally Windows 8, but upgraded to 8.1.

If anyone has any useful advice, I'd be more than grateful!

Thanks


Jon 

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