Hi,
I just finished repairing another one! I've been using the Wizard's step-by-step process (thanks again to the Wizard) and want to post a couple of observations. I made more detailed checks and observations during today's repair and uncovered a surprising
fact. Maybe someone can explain.
System is a Dell Optiplex with Intel core i5, Windows 10 Pro 64 bit, no domain.
User reported sudden unexpected restart resulting in "inaccessible boot device" loop.
I tried system restore, which did not bring back the ability to boot. There were no restore points before 2/6/18 so I did not expect restore to be successful. THERE WAS NO NETWORK CONNECTION at this time.
I ran the DISM commands from the WinRE. It identified that current version was 16299.192 (installed) and .125 superceded.
I successfully removed the .192 package and was able to achieve the "one-time" boot. NETWORK STILL DISCONNECTED.
I disabled AV (norton) and made sure System Protection was enabled. I checked Winver and found that it was running at version .125 which is what I expected based on the DISM commands. I created a restore point (I know, probably useless).
I plugged in the USB Win 10 media from the Media Creation Tool. I made this USB drive YESTERDAY so I was confident that the next step (in-place upgrade) would result in a current version of Win 10. I ran setup (note: network still disconnected). I chose
to NOT get updates and to retain files and apps.
The in-place upgrade took 1hour, 20 minutes and the system booted successfully. I set advanced update options to PAUSE for 35 days. I connected the LAN, turned on System Protection (it was off after the in-place upgrade), and created a restore point.
HERE'S THE SURPRISE: WINVER SHOWED 16299.125, same as before the in-place upgrade. I then manually downloaded and ran KB4058258 1/31/18 for version 16299.214 which we all seem to believe is a "GOOD" level.
Because of today's reports about KB4074588 2/14/18 version 16299.248 saying that systems are again failing to boot with this update, I chose the 16299.214 level. Updates are paused. I created a couple more restore points. The machine seems to run fine
and is restartable/rebootable. It is at ver .214.
Can anyone explain why runnig the latest media creation USB left the system at version .125 after the in-place upgrade? Is it possibly because the option to "get updates" was not enabled when running the in-place upgrade? This is why I asked in an earlier
post if there is a way to tell what version is being created when making a new USB bootable device. I know the in-place upgrade does a lot of cleanup of pending or faulty packages and it produces a system that can be rebooted. Just wondering if there is
a way to know in advance what version an in-place upgrade will produce on the machine it is being executed on.