The dreaded 33% freeze while upgrading Windows 10.

Discussion in 'Windows 10' started by nosirrahx, Mar 24, 2018.

  1. nosirrahx

    nosirrahx MDL Expert

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    Is there an actual known cause of this?

    I maintain 6 PCs at a local school, all of them have identical hardware and software.

    I attempted to upgrade all of them from RS2 to RS3 today with an RS3 image containing the latest CU and SSU.

    4 of the 6 went off without a hitch and 2 of them stopped at 33% after the 2nd reboot.

    I don't actually need to fix these (will just pave over them) but I would love to know what actually causes this.

    Reports seem to indicate that at 33% drivers are being installed and some people have reported that removing a wireless card fixed the lockup but in my case all 6 systems are identical so hardware seems unlikely.
     
  2. coleoptere2007

    coleoptere2007 MDL Guru

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    event viewer could help in this case
     
  3. MS_User

    MS_User MDL Guru

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    install does two with out any drivers.
     
  4. TigTex

    TigTex MDL Senior Member

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    Most of the cases that I have seen are caused by an HDD that it's failing or are solved with a clean install instead of an upgrade.
    Is the bios version the same on all computers?
     
  5. nosirrahx

    nosirrahx MDL Expert

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    Everything is up to date and the computers are all identical. I know a clean install fixes this, not what I am asking.

    Searching around turns up this problem quite frequently but in most cases there is no resolution, at least nothing consistent.

    More or less I am just trying to see if anyone here knows more about this screamingly random glitch in an upgrade install.

    I left one of the 2 problem systems on 33%, will see if letting it sit long enough sorts this. Reading what others have said seems to imply that this wont work.
     
  6. andrews

    andrews MDL Novice

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    I think I remember this happening to me when I tried to upgrade using a multi-ISO with both home and pro on it. Try using the ISO that matches exactly and has only what you're trying to upgrade - x86 or x64 and home or pro.
     
  7. nosirrahx

    nosirrahx MDL Expert

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    Interesting, that has literally never been mentioned in the support threads but yes, the image I use for upgrades does indeed have both Home and Pro.

    Using DISM to extract just Home (what these systems all use) is a single enough task.
     
  8. Tiger-1

    Tiger-1 MDL Guru

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    fresh install=no issues trust me :)
     
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  9. andrews

    andrews MDL Novice

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    This happened enough to me in the past that I only use multi-ISO for clean installs and use specific ISO for updates.