I upgraded both of mine from Win 7. One I upgraded last summer didn't have Restore setup and enabled but the one that I did this July, was enabled but I changed some parameters. Did you make sure you had some restore points saved?
To late for me. Win 10 bricked my son's older computer due to one of those automatic download things.
It took me four days. I got all my data using Linux to save the day, but Im done with this shyt. Ended up having to do a complete clean restore to Win 7. Win 10 just looped and looped. Couldnt get it into a safe mode or get to any restore points. Its just not worth the hassle.
My personal laptop will ride the Win 7 train until its' last day. Screw the upgrade.
It installed correctly and ran for a few months. Then it did a magical upgrade and started looping. Never would fix itself, return to a previous settings, or even go into safe mode. It just had the circle of dots thing going on forever.Win 7 keeps it install/repair features on an extra partition that is usually hidden and protected. When Win 10 fails to install correctly it reverts to your old install which in your case is Win 7. I posted the link to the ISO some in the other thread and yes if you tried to upgrade that would count.
Yeah, but, not worth my time. Sorry.That was the same problem that I had and I explained how I got past this problem.
I installed W10 fine back in June or July 2015 but a new version of W10 came out in November that got me stuck in Groundhog mode. It would tell me that I had updates , try to install and fail and re-install my old system(W10). After a half dozem times I looked at my update history and saw that it was failing for the same Update everytime. Googled and MS wasn't much heip but I did find a blog that suggested a few things. I finally turned off my internet and uninstalled my virus protection(AVG) and that worked.
Okay......I've been using Windows Defender which is built in to Win 10 and have had no problems. I'm not sure there is really a generalized need for third party virus scanners these days.
Okay...... ;)
I might try using Windows Defender for my generalized viruses.
I let that one slide... Windows Defender guarding his computer and a White Meleagris gallopavo guarding his hen house. You can see the reason that I let that slide.
Yes that did draw a chuckle from me also.I've been using Windows Defender which is built in to Win 10 and have had no problems. I'm not sure there is really a generalized need for third party virus scanners these days.
Have same exact issue with one of mine right now... How did you break the looping to do something?It installed correctly and ran for a few months. Then it did a magical upgrade and started looping. Never would fix itself, return to a previous settings, or even go into safe mode. It just had the circle of dots thing going on forever.
Between the two W10 computers however Ive had too many of these problems. Keep it. Even for free its not worth it.
Thanks... I have everything constantly backing up, so I just reset to factory and reloaded. It wasn't that painful, and I'll keep Windows 10 off of it for now. ;)There are several loopings, can you describe yours. One of mine was in an update looping, it keep downloading and failing on the same updates over and over. I didn't even think about it except somehow it was controlling all wifi access. I looked at the Update History noticed the constant failed installs. I downloaded the updates again, uninstalled my virus program, disabled my wifi adapter and let it install. It installed this time. I think that Win 10 searches for new, updated drivers if it can find the internet but installs if there is no internet.