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  1. mjz
    Posts : 12
    windows 7
    Thread Starter
       #11

    simrick said:
    Hi mjz and welcome to Tenforums.
    This is indeed strange. Something is preventing the upgrade.
    First of all, please use this to grab your W7 keycode:
    Showkey Plus
    Next, you said you have an image, right?
    Some things to do to prepare for an upgrade are:


    • If you have moved your user file pointers to another drive, move them back.
    • Uninstall any 3rd-party anti-virus, and all disk/hardware monitoring tools (i.e. Speccy),
    • Did you run sfc /scannow before trying the upgrade? (not sure what will happen if you run it now, but you could try it and see.)
    • Disconnect everything except OS drive, mouse, keyboard and monitor.


    Try a reboot and see if that helps the upgrade to proceed.
    Hi Simrick - thanks for asking.

    I tried all you listed here including sfc/scannow. The scan came back normal, no issues.
    I disconnected the external hard drives. The only anti-virus code I use is from microsoft (msessentials).

    I should indicate that the very first time I ran the windows 10 upgrade it did try to install and got to 87% where it hung for over 24 hours. I restarted the computer and that triggered my issues. I should have mentioned this earlier, but didn't think of it since I restored my windows system from a saved image made a day or two earlier.

    I do have rainmeter running (monitors my disks) - but can't imagine that effecting install.
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  2. Posts : 16,325
    W10Prox64
       #12

    mjz said:
    Hi Simrick - thanks for asking.

    I tried all you listed here including sfc/scannow. The scan came back normal, no issues.
    I disconnected the external hard drives. The only anti-virus code I use is from microsoft (msessentials).

    I should indicate that the very first time I ran the windows 10 upgrade it did try to install and got to 87% where it hung for over 24 hours. I restarted the computer and that triggered my issues. I should have mentioned this earlier, but didn't think of it since I restored my windows system from a saved image made a day or two earlier.

    I do have rainmeter running (monitors my disks) - but can't imagine that effecting install.
    If sfc returned clean, then MS Security Essentials must be removed, as well as Rainmeter. (Even Speccy causes problems with W10 upgrades).

    So you restored from an image after the failed upgrade? Can you do it again? I mean, if removing MSSE and Rainmeter don't do it, can we go back to the image, and then remove the software in question, follow my steps in #4, and then try an in-place upgrade?
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  3. mjz
    Posts : 12
    windows 7
    Thread Starter
       #13

    simrick said:
    If sfc returned clean, then MS Security Essentials must be removed, as well as Rainmeter. (Even Speccy causes problems with W10 upgrades).

    So you restored from an image after the failed upgrade? Can you do it again? I mean, if removing MSSE and Rainmeter don't do it, can we go back to the image, and then remove the software in question, follow my steps in #4, and then try an in-place upgrade?
    I can try it again (per your suggestions) ... but just to be clear in my mind - what is windows update doing that it expects to install windows 10 on reboot, but doesn't? Is there not a way to "reset" window update so that it is not expecting to update to windows 10? I mean windows 10 did try to update once from scracth and MS essentials and rainmeter were running.
    Last edited by mjz; 05 May 2016 at 14:41. Reason: additional info
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  4. Posts : 16,325
    W10Prox64
       #14

    mjz said:
    I can try it again (per your suggestions) ... but just to be clear in my mind - what is windows update doing that it expects to install windows 10 on reboot, but doesn't? Is there not a way to "reset" window update so that it is not expecting to update to windows 10? I mean windows 10 did try to update once from scracth and MS essentials and rainmeter were running.
    IDK - could even be a registry setting - I really don't know. But the fact that it was interrupted is the problem. I think Windows makes 7 "passes" when installing, each pass installing a certain portion of the OS. Somewhere it knows it hasn't completed all the passes, hasn't failed either, and is trying to resume. It has to trip that failure switch, or go on.
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  5. Posts : 16,325
    W10Prox64
       #15

    mjz said:
    ....
    I should indicate that the very first time I ran the windows 10 upgrade it did try to install and got to 87% where it hung for over 24 hours. I restarted the computer and that triggered my issues. I should have mentioned this earlier, but didn't think of it since I restored my windows system from a saved image made a day or two earlier.
    I had a system that would not take the latest build - hung at 92/93% every time. I even let it go overnight; no joy. Finally ended up troubleshooting that I had failing USB port(s) and that is what stopped it.
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  6. mjz
    Posts : 12
    windows 7
    Thread Starter
       #16

    I tried to do a clean install of windows 10 from a USB stick to upgrade my current windows 7 computer. The loader would not proceed past the product key. I used the same product key from windows 7 and it would not accept it.

    At this point, I am unable to do an upgrade install (via windows update) or clean install via windows 10 downloaded to a usb stick.

    My computer remains "stuck" at the "restart to begin windows 10 install" pop up window. Of course restarts don't do anything but bring up the restart to install pop up.

    I'll leave it the way it is (since windows 7 works), but there will be no updates to windows 7.

    I do wish there was a way to reset windows update so it has no knowledge of the windows 10 install attempt.
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  7. Posts : 16,325
    W10Prox64
       #17
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  8. Posts : 325
    Windows 10 Pro
       #18

    Why don't you try the link I posted? It's a way to upgrade to Windows 10 with a clean install. Just read it through and make sure you understand everything before you try. If you have any questions, just ask. I never tried it myself but I have read many people that did, and it works.

    Before you try the upgrade make a complete backup of your hard drive with Macrium Reflect Free. That way if something goes wrong you can restore your hard drive with the image. Don't forget to make the recovery USB or DVD. You will need it for the recovery.
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  9. mjz
    Posts : 12
    windows 7
    Thread Starter
       #19

    I tried the link that was poted (TrustMe) and it ran, and now I have a different problem:
    "Windows can't update important files and services while the system is using them...restart the computer". Restarting the computer doesn't resolve the problem ...

    I tried mr. Fixit - but it doesn't resolve the problem either.
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  10. Posts : 16,325
    W10Prox64
       #20

    mjz said:
    I tried the link that was poted (TrustMe) and it ran, and now I have a different problem:
    "Windows can't update important files and services while the system is using them...restart the computer". Restarting the computer doesn't resolve the problem ...

    I tried mr. Fixit - but it doesn't resolve the problem either.
    Please check in your root ( C:\ ) drive, showing hidden files, look for a folder named $WINDOWS.~BT.
    Find the sub-folder Sources. In the Sources folder, look for the file install.esd. Let me know if you have that file. If not, see if you have it in the $Windows.~WS folder or subfolder. If not Please copy the $Windows.~WS\Sources\Panther\setuperr.log file to your desktop, then paste it here.
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