I'm on Win 10 21H1, but this should apply to ANY Windows edition that supports searching the Start Menu using Windows Search / Indexing, so, Windows Vista - Windows 11:



Start search uses...

DvdGiessen Dude, you're a lifesaver! Searched for the MD5 on DuckDuckGo and went with DriversCloud link (seemed the least sketchy lol). Verified the downloaded file using HashTab (which I highly...

I had this error, and my $Windows.~BT folder was only 63 MB so it had obviously not really downloaded.

I used Disk Cleanup, and clicked "Clean up system files", then deleted the temporary...

Update -- I just went through with WinDirStat and found which folders took the most space, found which ones looked similar in structure, selected them all, and hovered over them while selecting and...

Hmph. Attempted install of 10122, got Inaccessible_Boot_Device, tried creating normal empty FileRepository directory instead of symlink and doing the install again, failed again. *shrug* Imma have...

So..:

I learned a very useful bit of info. Actually, quite a few things. For starters, at any point (after a few seconds anyways) during Windows Setup after it reboots, Shift+F10 brings up a cmd...

Eh, exported with DISM and \drivers is now down to..... 15.6 GB Blah.

I've used RAPR before when I tried to slim down my \DriverStore folder but I put them all back as I thought that that might...

I know. I just hate setting everything (programs settings, User profile symlinks, etc) back up again. :headdesk:

Thanks for all the replies so far, looks to be helpful, I'll try soon and post...

How?

Hi all,

I keep getting the Inaccessible Boot Device error when trying to upgrade from 10061 to 10074. I *think* this may be due to my symlinking the \Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository...

Worked for me, thanks.