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Is it mandatory to fully update Windows 10 before upgrading?
I have a customer's system, a Gateway NV73a24u laptop (AMD Athlon II X2 P340/4 GB/640 GB), whose hard drive failed due to too many bad sectors. Replaced hard drive with a SanDisk 240 GB SSD. Tried to clean install 1607, and it stalled on "Checking for updates" for days.
Installed Windows 7 SP1, OEM and basic Gateway drivers, same thing.
Blanked SSD and tried again, this time fully updating Windows 7 before successfully updating to Win 10, 10240. (I was trying for 1703, but the MCT downloaded 10240 (???)). But, at least I've got Windows 10 now. Updated one round of normal updates successfully.
So, I tried to update to 1607 as an in-place upgrade, and I got stuck on "Checking for updates". Again. I stopped the upgrade and am trying to update the laptop manually.
What gives? Do I have to keep updating this laptop manually until I'm at 1607? Thanks in Advance.