Windows 10 is close, so I wanted to update my laptop's windows 8 so I could grab me a windows 10 upgrade. I use the laptop in dual boot and normally use Linux on it. Now after I booted windows 8, it greeted me with a clean OEM instal, no idea why.
I proceeded to update as usual so the laptop would be able to get the upgrade.
After updated process was done and I had to restart the laptop I noticed it always hangs at "Configuring Windows updates" and always at 12%. I just let the laptop do whatever just to find out that is started rolling it self back to before the update started.
Now I am a the beginning again. How can I update without the risk of a rollback and hangs. Should I just install 8.1 over it, since I can get it for free as a student, tho I would prefer not to lose my linux install.
Laptop is a HP Pavillon G7, running now the OEM Windows 8 (not 8.1).
You can probably do an upgrade to 8.1 if you have the iso. You need 8.1 anyways to upgrade to 10.
I have the iso. Tried to install it in windows, gave me an error. For some reason that fixed however that I can normally update.
I will try after normal update to install win8.1 again. If that does not work I might as well just nuke it and install from a bootable stick. The reason I am not installing from stick at the moment is still the hope of dual boot not getting destroyed.
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