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Windows Update preventing win10 upgrade
Toshiba Satelite
Originally Vista, Upgraded to Win 7 Pro (32bit) SP1.
Celeron Dual Core T3000 @ 1.80GHz
4GB RAM
Background
A few weeks ago the laptop's power seemed to just 'die' when booting up.
When handed over to me, I managed to get Startup recovery running.
That failed reporting Failover & Bad Sector.
After reading online advice, I restored the machine using a backup image on external HDD.
That worked, and the machine booted fine.
As a precautionary measure, I disabled windows updates (the online advice mentioned an update might be the cause of problem).
Now, instead of trying to figure out exactly which update might be the issue etc, my plan was simply to upgrade to Win 10, then once activated, do a clean install.
However, Windows update is being a problem whichever route I want to take.
Windows Update
First I registered for W10 upgrade.
Then I checked for updates, in order to install the W10 update.
Unfortunately, windows update just stuck on 'checking for updates'.
The progress bar just ran continuously without finding or completing.
So, plan B.
I used the Media Creation Tool to try and install W10 that way.
It downloaded media, but then began to check for updates, and yes, it just sat there checking and checking without ever moving on.
Solutions already tried:
CCClean - files and registry.
Microsoft Windows Update Repair Tool
Delete 'Software Distribution' & 'Catroot2' Folders (with stop/start wuauserv/bits)
Hope someone can help with some advice on next steps !?
As you can tell, I am fully backed up.
Many Thanks