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Post by MikeMusic on Jun 14, 2019 17:20:35 GMT
Decided to update the boss's PC
Circle still turning around 4 hours later.
Mouse not responsive
What next please ?
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Post by MartinT on Jun 14, 2019 18:25:33 GMT
If it has a rotating drive, just leave it running.
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Post by MikeMusic on Jun 14, 2019 18:41:20 GMT
Thanks
Will do
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Post by MartinT on Jun 14, 2019 18:52:55 GMT
Windows 10 really shows the difference between old style rotating drives and SSDs, which are an order of magnitude faster.
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Post by speedysteve on Jun 14, 2019 21:25:43 GMT
Windows 10 really shows the difference between old style rotating drives and SSDs, which are an order of magnitude faster. Call me cynical but I think later W10 installs sniff a non SSD and runs like treacle.. when there is a something better, newer than SSD, W10.x or 11 or 12 will do the same to old SSDs.. |
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Post by MartinT on Jun 14, 2019 22:22:16 GMT
Yes, cynical. It's much more likely that a complex OS like W10 needs to make far more random read/write operations to disk, something that SSDs do as well as linear read/writes but which rotating disks with their moving heads and rotational latency struggle to match.
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Post by MikeMusic on Jun 15, 2019 9:21:32 GMT
PC still running the circle around and around.
Mouse pointer still unresponsive
This is now around 20 hours after Shut down with updates and turning back on
Turn off for a while, turn on and pray ?
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Post by MartinT on Jun 15, 2019 11:09:45 GMT
That does seem a long time. You're not supposed to turn a machine off which is updating, so that wouldn't help.
What does it say exactly?
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Post by pre65 on Jun 15, 2019 12:15:16 GMT
PC still running the circle around and around. Mouse pointer still unresponsive This is now around 20 hours after Shut down with updates and turning back on Turn off for a while, turn on and pray ? I've updated four, two laptops and two PCs. One PC did like yours, and it took me about six tries before I got all the updates set up. I'd restart the computer and try again. |
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Post by Slinger on Jun 15, 2019 12:21:18 GMT
If the mouse pointer is unresponsive I'd be inclined to say that the machine had locked up and possibly the only solution would be a hard reboot. Martin?
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Post by MikeMusic on Jun 15, 2019 13:11:19 GMT
That does seem a long time. You're not supposed to turn a machine off which is updating, so that wouldn't help. What does it say exactly? About 24 hours now An almost blank, black screen with a stationary mouse pointer and the little circle updating sign going round and round Unresponsive to mouse movements, Escape, Enter, Ctrl Alt Del or being called shithead I am too well aware that the big red (little black) switch can make things worse, although this is unlikely to ever stop |
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Post by MartinT on Jun 15, 2019 13:23:31 GMT
You may have to bite the bullet and force it off (press the power button for 10s). It should resume when you start it up.
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Post by MikeMusic on Jun 15, 2019 13:27:02 GMT
Here goes....
Fingers crossed.
Don't want to explain to the boss that I did her a favour by updating and broke her PC
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Post by Slinger on Jun 15, 2019 13:40:09 GMT
Unresponsive to mouse movements, Escape, Enter, Ctrl Alt Del or being called shithead. I can also testify to the fact that, generally speaking, computers do not respond to b*st*rd, f*cker, f*ck*ng b*st*rd, or any variations on that theme. Nor do they start working properly when a thump with the fist is coupled with the incantation "b*ll*ks!" |
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Post by MikeMusic on Jun 15, 2019 14:42:11 GMT
Glad to say it went off and came back on
30% updated and carried on.
Shutdown
and update
Here we go again
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Post by MartinT on Jun 15, 2019 14:47:42 GMT
Good, that sounds promising.
They have done quite a lot to get updates to complete even through a hard lockup.
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Post by MikeMusic on Jun 15, 2019 16:42:16 GMT
Shutdown again, more updates
This is my lst time this time
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Post by MartinT on Jun 15, 2019 17:28:57 GMT
Just keep cycling it until they're done. You'll have a better more secure W10 at the end of it.
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Post by MikeMusic on Jun 15, 2019 18:08:12 GMT
Seems to be done !
The boss never updates so usually Muggins does it
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Post by Slinger on Jul 3, 2019 18:41:58 GMT
Here's an odd one for you, Martin. Microsoft are promoting the 'all-new' Windows 1.0 launch. That's Windows ONE. Windows seems to be sticking to its latest obsession by changing its social media profile pictures to the Windows 1.0 logo. On Instagram it's even gone one step further and erased all content that isn't about Windows 1.0. Both channels have also started pushing Windows 1.0 content. These posts include quizzes about the memory required to run Windows 1.0 in 1985, and a look at the exciting programs the operating system will run "this summer".
www.creativebloq.com/news/windows-10?ref=webdesignernews.com |
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