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Windows 8.1 installation error 0x80004005
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I tried to update my Win8 Pro via the Win8 Store and it downloaded, proceeded to Applying Changes > Gathering info > Preparing to restart
and than : error 0x80004005; install cancelled.
No explanation why it did not do the restart. I tried it several times because initially I started everything while continuing work in a desktop application. Than I tried it with a restart w/o desktop. Same result.
So I am stuck with Win8 until there is a solution that does not require a clean install where I have to re-install all my software again. No way...
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Anonymous
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Anonymous
2013-10-22T20:14:15+00:00 At the moment I am downloading the 8.1 image as per instructions found on
http://superuser.com/questions/661261/windows-8-1-fresh-install-with-windows-8-licence?rq=1
and the instruction were briliantly correct!
Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!
After days and days and days of drama. This is awesome. Thanks!
Nope. Nope nope nope.
Sorry...got excited too soon. I can't install from scratch or in Windows using my Win 8 key and the 8.1 iso. No love.
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Anonymous
2013-10-22T19:22:57+00:00 At the moment I am downloading the 8.1 image as per instructions found on
http://superuser.com/questions/661261/windows-8-1-fresh-install-with-windows-8-licence?rq=1
and the instruction were briliantly correct!
Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!
After days and days and days of drama. This is awesome. Thanks!
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Anonymous
2013-10-22T13:57:07+00:00 Not so easy!
My Drive C is one Partition, active and is also my Windows Boot partition but I am still at Error 0x80004005.
OK, not 63 downloads although it feels like it! To-morrow will be Day 7 and, if I am lucky, I will be up and running with 8.1 but....
At the moment I am downloading the 8.1 image as per instructions found on
http://superuser.com/questions/661261/windows-8-1-fresh-install-with-windows-8-licence?rq=1
and the instruction were briliantly correct!
But whether I will have more success with the 8.1 Pro image??? Time will tell!
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Anonymous
2013-10-22T13:22:03+00:00 So just set the Win8 partition to active, don't reboot, then install the upgrade?