Request Help Understanding "Update History"

bob12603 · 16 Aug 2020

Does the text "Feature update to Windows 10, version 1909 (53)" in "Update History" mean unequivocally that 1909 is installed?

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I would think so but I am asking for two reasons: 1) For about 5 hours today I have been staring at a blue screen which said "Working on updates 0% / Don't turn off your PC. This will take awhile / Your PC will restart several times". So I eventually powered my laptop down, waited a few seconds, then powered it on and saw a message saying undoing installed changes (or words to that effect). It did boot all the way up and seems, so far, to be running fine. And 2) I took a look at System Summary and it says my Version is 10.0.17773 Build 17763. No mention of 1909!

Thanks, Bob

FreeBooter · 16 Aug 2020

Looks like Feature update to Windows 10, version 1909 falling to install.

You can check which version of Windows 10 you're using by typing Winver into Start Menu.

Use Windows Update Troubleshooter.

Right-click on Start button and pick Settings
Go to Update & Security > Troubleshoot
Click on Windows Update and select Run the troubleshooter

Resetting the Windows Update components can usually solve these types of issues.

Reset Windows Update in Windows 10

bob12603 · 20 Aug 2020

Thanks for responding FreeBooter. You are right, it is not installed. Paying more attention to the messages when it is trying to get enough space, I now see that no matter how much memory I give it on a UCB thumb drive it still wants over 200M on the C: drive. That's a tall order when the C: drive is only slightly more than 1G. For me it will be a daring project but I think I will try to replace the C: drive (chewing gum SSD) with a 2G drive.

Thanks again for your help.

Bob

FreeBooter · 20 Aug 2020

Have you tried WinDirStat is a disk usage statistics viewer and cleanup tool for various versions of Microsoft Windows.

WinDirStat - Windows Directory Statistics

dalchina · 20 Aug 2020

If you're short of space, see:
Free Up Drive Space in Windows 10

Windirstat is somewhat dated. Wiztree is now more appropriate- some like Treesize.

bob12603 · 22 Aug 2020

Thanks FreeBooter and Dalchina for your comments. But I am turned on by the intimacy with the hardware of my laptop (an old Lenovo 1 Carbon) that replacing the M2 SSD with a larger one will provide. I've added memory to laptops several times but I've never replaced the harddrive. Just deleting some files would be frustrating, and time consuming and much less exciting!

Thanks again for your help and comments.

Bob

dalchina · 22 Aug 2020

That may be true- I was surprised by the size of some dmp files I didn't know about, and I've added some custom cleaning locations to Ccleaner based on info from Wiztree, so simply by running that occasionally helps.

Try Wiztree's cushion map- it's quite interesting if you've never tried that kind of thing.

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TV2 · 23 Aug 2020

Replacing a hard drive in a laptop is no more difficult than replacing RAM. If it an M2 form factor hard drive you are replacing it is even easier. Remove one screw, unplug the M2 from the socket, then plug in the new M2, replace the screw.

Transferring your OS and other files from the old drive to new is the more difficult process.

The most fool-proof method to do this is to use Disk Imaging software to backup (copy) everything on your current hard drive (all partitions, even the hidden ones) to an external backup hard drive, then Restore that disk image to the new hard drive afterward.
Many folks think this method works better than traditional 'Cloning'.