Windows 10 October update now available

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Very good analogy! Microsoft has screwed the pooch on this one.

Hi Sumit...  Do you have any useful information on when Microsoft are going to resolve this issue?

Hi all,

Microsoft has pulled Windows 10 version 1809 from the Software download page, Windows update and update assistant as of today. 

https://support.microsoft.com/en-in/help/4043454/windows-10-windows-server-update-history

Known issues updating to Windows 10, version 1809

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Symptom

Workaround

We have paused the rollout of the Windows 10 October 2018 Update (version 1809) for all users as we investigate isolated reports of users missing some files after updating.

If you have checked for updates and believe you have an issue, please contact us directly at +1-800-MICROSOFT or find a local number in your area https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4051701/global-customer-service-phone-numbers.<br><br><br>If you have access to a different PC, please contact us at https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/contactus/ (link<br> will vary according to country of origin).<br><br><br>If you have manually downloaded the Windows<br> 10 October 2018 Update installation media, please don’t install it and wait until new media is available.<br><br><br>We will provide an update when we resume rolling out the Windows 10 October 2018 Update tocustomers.

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Grabbed the ISO on Tuesday 10/2 and have done 4 desktops with DVD in place upgrade and 1 laptop with a msdc in place over 1803 with no problems.  I keep my main data on separate hdd(s) and/or ssd(s); but also utilize the user/documents etc. structure for unimportant files.  Everything ported OK on all systems and I use OneDrive. I guess things are aligned for my systems this week as I usually get hit with these problems; hence the Important Data is always kept on Separate Drive(s) with redundant backups everywhere. Been using 2Brightsparks SynBackFree for Decades.

Exactly. People don't understand the value of backups until they login one day and their drive has crashed and or the OS blew up. I do system images twice a week to a separate drive and my 4TB data drive gets backed up to a WD external 4TB twice a month. That ext drive then gets taken out of the loop so if anything happens to the system where everything is hosed, I still have my ext 4tb drive with all my data intact. I trust manual tactics far more than any automated backup suite. Just my opinion

They sure don't. I save an image once a month, and I keep three months' worth.  And I save one whenever I'm going to be doing a major update/upgrade, such as this.  

I have three PCs, and I ran out of room on my 750GB USB external drive, so I now just save the images from my desktop and laptop on that drive, and for my notebook I save them on the HDD I removed from it when I replaced it with an SSD.  Surprisingly, it works with the USB adapter that came with the SSD .  It's 2.0, so it takes a while, but it works.  With my desktop, I also save its images on a separate internal HDD (in addition to the external USB drive).  A bit redundant with the desktop, but one can never be too careful.  

You can never have too many backups. All It takes is one unsuspecting crash to make believers out of folks who never back anything up