Update installation error

RJARRRPCGP said:

I dunno, but looks like possibly silent SSD corruption. SSD possibly failing with no warning signs other than a sudden Windows error message. There seem to be a lot of SSDs that are unreliable!

All these folks having same problem with this update, have a "silent corruption"?
And whoever attempts a repair in place gets fixed with corrupted disks?
Not likely.

coolnewyorker said:

I hope it has the correct specifications for WinPE: Metal Gun 32GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive Memory Stick Thumb Pen Drive U Disk.

32 GB is far more than enough. 1 or 2 GB is enough.

coolnewyorker said:

Your USB flash drives there are the same here. Maybe cheaper?

Last year, I bought the following Xiaomi USB 3.0 at ¥75 (＝ approximately US$11.5).

When shipped from China, it is a lot cheaper but arrives much later.

coolnewyorker said:

I wonder if I can use USB flash drive to do image backup. It is a lot smaller and lighter to carry around.

USB Flash Drives as a PC Backup Solution

coolnewyorker said:

When shipped from China, it is a lot cheaper but arrives much later.

Tell them to convey it by air if it is urgent.

Airmail will bring up the prices to range of US (free shipping) mailed items which still arrive sooner. I order from China when items are not of super necessity, time wise. Anyway, I downgraded to 16GB (better hand gun).
My geek tennis friend questioned the over- sized 32 GB. He did not know Matt, obviously. What else do you do with your 64 GB?

coolnewyorker said:

What else do you do with your 64 GB?

I have partitioned it in the following way:



The above portable freeware works fine on WinPE.
I downloaded it from Partition Magic Freeware to manage Disk Partitions

abax2000 said:

All these folks having same problem with this update, have a "silent corruption"?
And whoever attempts a repair in place gets fixed with corrupted disks?
Not likely.

I have an SSD sitting somewhere, where it seems to randomly corrupt things and sometimes files are written correctly. The only way I even knew, was SFC at least two times, failing the installation after an update. Then I also afterwards, saw the SSD's SMART giving the warning sign(s) too!
That reminds me, avoid PNY CS900s like the plague!

For me, reinstalling can fix the problem, but the file corruption is coming back at random times.