What to do after botched Win feature installation if no restore points


  1. Posts : 50
    Win 10 v. 20H2
       #1

    What to do after botched Win feature installation if no restore points


    So guys I clicked the checkbox to turn on the Hyper-V Windows feature (struggling to get the Sandbox component show up, as mentioned in the other thread) and it opened some wizard looking for installation files. It was not my intention to wait for it to download files and make me restart my system so without second-thought I aborted it right-away. I got a system message that 'some of the components were not installed successfully'.
    Well then, if it turns out that I actually need to turn it on after all, I'm concerned the botched 1st attempt my create some issues, correct? Is there anything I could do about it? System restore was not activated, unfortunately, but is there some other workaround to undo the particular damage without affecting any other software, settings etc.?
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  2. Posts : 42,737
    Win 10 Pro (22H2) (2nd PC is 22H2)
       #2

    Hi, from your other thread you mention you have the Education edition although this is not shown in your specs.

    Hyper-V virtualization - Setup and Use in Windows 10
    describes how to set up Hyper-V, and confirms it should be available.

    The first step is in 2.1 - did you see the option for it there?

    It's never a good idea to interrupt an update like that. If you are lucky, everything was in RAM and not saved to disk- if not, your disk may be in an indeterminate state.

    It may be better to repeat the attempt to enable it and see if it completes- that way you know what state your O/S is in.
    If that completes, you could then remove Hyper-V should you so wish.

    is there some other workaround to undo the particular damage
    If you have taken the endlessly given advice to use disk imaging regularly and routinely, and have a current disk image (great idea to update your disk image set before making unfamiliar changes) then you can restore that.

    E.g. Macrium Reflect (free- paid) + large enough external disk for image files.

    I once experimented with Hyper-V, and find VirtualBox (free) easier to use.
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  3. Posts : 890
    10 Pro/11 Pro Dual Boot
       #3

    bgbrother said:
    So guys I clicked the checkbox to turn on the Hyper-V Windows feature (struggling to get the Sandbox component show up, as mentioned in the other thread) and it opened some wizard looking for installation files. It was not my intention to wait for it to download files and make me restart my system so without second-thought I aborted it right-away. I got a system message that 'some of the components were not installed successfully'.
    Well then, if it turns out that I actually need to turn it on after all, I'm concerned the botched 1st attempt my create some issues, correct? Is there anything I could do about it? System restore was not activated, unfortunately, but is there some other workaround to undo the particular damage without affecting any other software, settings etc.?
    You did not hurt anything, you cancelled an installation. Turn it on again, let it finish, calm down :)
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