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Windows 10 Anniversary Update stuck at Windows logo
I had Windows 10 version 1511 installed on my computer already.
Today, the Windows 10 Anniversary Update arrived via Windows Update. It downloaded fine. After the restart, the Windows Update configured without problems to 100%.
During the installation after 71%, the computer restarted, and the blue Windows logo came up, with the dotted spinning circle below, and it got stuck at this screen. The dotted circle just keeps spinning. There is no hard drive activity at all.
I waited for about 45 mins first, and then I restarted the system via hard boot by pressing the power button for a few seconds. When it restarted, there was a message shown that "Recovering installation", after which it restarted and again got stuck at the same screen as above.
I again restarted manually after a while, and this time the message was "Restoring previous version of Windows", after which Windows 10 version 1511 was restored. So, that was good.
After that, to avoid any problems, I uninstalled Avast free antivirus, and other unnecessary programs. I also uninstalled disk imaging software like Paragon Backup & Recovery, Macrium Reflect free, and Aomei Backupper, just to be safe, since I saw some kind of error regarding Paragon software in the Event Viewer.
I let the Anniversary Update download again, and again, same thing happened... after installation at 71%, the computer restarted and it is stuck again at the same screen with Windows logo and dotted circle spinning.
What can be the problem, and how do I resolve this?
Is there any way I can find out what is causing this problem?
If no solution is offered, I have two alternatives... one is to upgrade to Windows 10 Anniversary Update manually, using the Windows 10 AU ISO, which I had downloaded via the media creation tool.
If that fails too, then I think I will have to go for a clean install.
Please offer your valuable advice.
I am letting the desktop be at the same screen, and I will see what happens, in case it does something, but I don't have much hope, since there is zero hard drive activity. If there was any activity, means it was doing something, and I would have no problem waiting. But, there is no activity at all. No clue what's causing this.