Several months ago I upgraded my 8.1 system to Windows 10. No problems. Then due to software I needed that was not ready for Windows 10, and some malware, I restored to factory.
Last month I decided to upgrade again. I expected a 3GB download. After 6GB, including a window that indicated progress downloading 2887.7MB, Windows was still downloading at the rate of 200MB/hour.
A window appeared with a "Restart and Install" button. I clicked on it and got a "Download starting" message! Is it starting over? What - is - going - on? I do not have sufficient data quota to support this.
I reset to factory again and disabled updates.
I visited www.microsoft.com/en-au/software-download/Windows10 and clicked Upgrade Now.
This time at least I got a progress window telling me that Windows 10 was being downloaded.
However after reaching 82% the laptop entered Sleep mode.
I pushed the power button. After several minutes I got the Windows 8.1 login screen. I logged in.
There is now no indication of what is happening, but the download continues. Usually at 0.5Mbps but for a while it was up to 6.0Mbps.
The download size is now up to 4GB. I can't take much more of this.
I'm thinking my only alternative is to buy a retail copy. At least then I can move it to another machine if needed.
Last month I decided to upgrade again. I expected a 3GB download. After 6GB, including a window that indicated progress downloading 2887.7MB, Windows was still downloading at the rate of 200MB/hour.
A window appeared with a "Restart and Install" button. I clicked on it and got a "Download starting" message! Is it starting over? What - is - going - on? I do not have sufficient data quota to support this.
I reset to factory again and disabled updates.
I visited www.microsoft.com/en-au/software-download/Windows10 and clicked Upgrade Now.
This time at least I got a progress window telling me that Windows 10 was being downloaded.
However after reaching 82% the laptop entered Sleep mode.
I pushed the power button. After several minutes I got the Windows 8.1 login screen. I logged in.
There is now no indication of what is happening, but the download continues. Usually at 0.5Mbps but for a while it was up to 6.0Mbps.
The download size is now up to 4GB. I can't take much more of this.
I'm thinking my only alternative is to buy a retail copy. At least then I can move it to another machine if needed.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- 8.1
- Computer type
- Laptop