Hardware Update screwed my PC over

[BakerMan]

I was just gaming on my PC, then it froze. Afterwards, since there was an update ready, it started to update. But the update froze at 98%, then I tried power cycling my PC, but that didn't work, then I entered advanced boot mode, tried repairing the startup, it didn't work. I turned it off and on again, then it started freezing at 94% instead.

Pls help I don't want to have to reset my PC again.

(btw, if it helps, I'm using a Windows 10 HP Pavilion 15-bs144, and specs are in my signature)

 

[RyanTheArchivist]

I was just gaming on my PC, then it froze. Afterwards, since there was an update ready, it started to update. But the update froze at 98%, then I tried power cycling my PC, but that didn't work, then I entered advanced boot mode, tried repairing the startup, it didn't work. I turned it off and on again, then it started freezing at 94% instead.

Pls help I don't want to have to reset my PC again.

(btw, if it helps, I'm using a Windows 10 HP Pavilion 15-bs144, and specs are in my signature)

Get a USB and reinstall windows itself through USB telling it to keep your files and apps. This will just reinstall the OS itself.

 

[CMDreamer]

Systems don't fail out of nowhere, you should find what's causing the issues or even after reinstalling Windows it will fail again.

 

[RyanTheArchivist]

Systems don't fail out of nowhere, you should find what's causing the issues or even after reinstalling Windows it will fail again.

This is also true. Could be some harddrive issue.

 

[BakerMan]

Get a USB and reinstall windows itself through USB telling it to keep your files and apps. This will just reinstall the OS itself.

That's what I did last time, but you unfortunately don't get to keep apps, meaning Firefox, Steam, Duolingo, FL Studio, everything, gone

Systems don't fail out of nowhere, you should find what's causing the issues or even after reinstalling Windows it will fail again.

how do i figure that out?

 

[Hayato213]

Just waited it out, even if you restart again it is going through update again.

 

[RyanTheArchivist]

That's what I did last time, but you unfortunately don't get to keep apps, meaning Firefox, Steam, Duolingo, FL Studio, everything, gone

how do i figure that out?

Try waiting out the repair/update for awhile. Give it an hour even. Windows should always be able to repair itself. If not then there is a bigger problem.

 

[tech3475]

In the blue boot menu, there should be an option for either system restore or IIRC to remove recent updates.

 

[BakerMan]

In the blue boot menu, there should be an option for either system restore or IIRC to remove recent updates.

i don't have a restore point (quite stupid of me, ik) and the remove updates doesn't work if you entered it while you have an update to install

 

[tech3475]

i don't have a restore point (quite stupid of me, ik) and the remove updates doesn't work if you entered it while you have an update to install

Can you access safe mode?

Edit: Id also if you can make an image backup of the system.

 

[linuxares]

Do you know which update it's stuck on?

 

[BakerMan]

Do you know which update it's stuck on?

nope, don't see what that has to do with it tho

 

[Hayato213]

How often do you shutdown / restart your computer?

 

[linuxares]

nope, don't see what that has to do with it tho

.... if we know which KB it gets stuck on there is often a way to fix it....

 

[TomSwitch]

A automatic cloud backup is long overdue for Windows. Satya wake up. It's already 10 years.

 

[linuxares]

A automatic cloud backup is long overdue for Windows. Satya wake up. It's already 10 years.

That's what OneDrive is for ;D ;D ;D ;D

 

[RedColoredStars]

That's what I did last time, but you unfortunately don't get to keep apps, meaning Firefox, Steam, Duolingo, FL Studio, everything, gone

Make backups of the necessary folders before doing the refresh install. I've done this many times with steam. Don't even need to move the steam folder back, just point to it in the Steam settings after reinstalling. Firefox, etc profile folders can also be backed up and simply copied back.

 

[TomSwitch]

That's what OneDrive is for ;D ;D ;D ;D

One Drive is a very small portion of your PC data. Apple is by far better with automatic backup. You don't have to lift a finger with iPhone and for mac you just need to setup a time machine drive.

Sand box is so poor on the PC it is left totally on the developer of software to clean up after themself.

I am a fan of Microsoft but they can learn a few things from Apple.

 

[linuxares]

One Drive is a very small portion of your PC data. Apple is by far better with automatic backup. You don't have to lift a finger with iPhone and for mac you just need to setup a time machine drive.

Sand box is so poor on the PC it is left totally on the developer of software to clean up after themself.

I am a fan of Microsoft but they can learn a few things from Apple.

I know, why all the ;D

 

[SylverReZ]

I backup most of my files onto MEGA and IceDrive - they are great alternatives.