How do I manually install Windows 10 updates?

[Ropuchy]

Hello.
I attempted updating my graphics drivers but they failed due to the OS not being up to date.

The automatic Windows updater keeps running into issues, and is unable to update.

I am currently running the 15063.413 build of Windows 10 1703.
I've found that the most recent build of Windows is 15063.540.

How should I download and install this update?

I've found 4 files on the Windows Update Catalog by searching "KB4034674"
Should I download all 4?

 

[Ropuchy]

Program* lol sorry. Just download the windows ISO image and you can use rufus to write it to the thumb drive.

It's alright. I still understood ye'.
Alrighty, I'll do all that once I find a sacrificial thumb drive and another internal drive.

Got any suggestions for a drive to put the OS in? I have 2TB's of storage, so it doesn't have to have much capacity.

 

[Colif]

You shouldn't need to use rufus to create the USB, the Media creation tool can do that itself

Go here
click 2nd button
put blank 8gb USB into PC
run Media creation tool and choose create installation media for another PC
choose the language & version of windows, and click next
choose USB flash drive, or ISO (if you really wanted to use rufus), and click next
select the USB drive from list, and click next
windows will now download the ISO and create the installer on the USB

refer here for pictures of above process: https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/2376-create-bootable-usb-flash-drive-install-windows-10-a.html

given the fun you have had with updates, I would suggest making installer on a working PC with Win 10. No point having a corrupted installer.

then once hdd is removed from PC, and SSD is in place, run the installer on the PC
when you reach the screen asking for licence, click "I don't have a key" and win 10 will continue to install and reactivate once finished. Your licence details are stored on a Microsoft server so win 10 will check there once install is complete and reactivate you.

 

[androbourne]

Or just download the iso from Microsoft directly which you can get legitly and use a program like Rufus to make a bootable usb drive.

This avoids the need or recommendation of having to use media creation tool on another system to create an uncorrupted ISO.

Both methods would work completely fine.

 

[Ropuchy]

You shouldn't need to use rufus to create the USB, the Media creation tool can do that itself

Go here
click 2nd button
put blank 8gb USB into PC
run Media creation tool and choose create installation media for another PC
choose the language & version of windows, and click next
choose USB flash drive, or ISO (if you really wanted to use rufus), and click next
select the USB drive from list, and click next
windows will now download the ISO and create the installer on the USB

refer here for pictures of above process: https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/2376-create-bootable-usb-flash-drive-install-windows-10-a.html

given the fun you have had with updates, I would suggest making installer on a working PC with Win 10. No point having a corrupted installer.

then once hdd is removed from PC, and SSD is in place, run the installer on the PC
when you reach the screen asking for licence, click "I don't have a key" and win 10 will continue to install and reactivate once finished. Your licence details are stored on a Microsoft server so win 10 will check there once install is complete and reactivate you.

Nang dabit!

Well, I've come across a other snag!

windows cannot be installed to this disk.the selected disk has an mbr partition table

I've decided not to get another drive cause it's too much of a hassle for me at the moment.
I managed to move all the data from one of my old drives to the other, so now I have a clean drive.

It was formatted by windows and whatnot, which is the problem, I think.

How should I fix this?
The hard drive I'm installing windows onto has no data at all, and I don't mind reformatting it or whateva.

 

[COLGeek]

See here:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_8-windows_install/windows-cannot-be-installed-to-this-disk-the/741969ff-95e0-4d00-b55d-db3a75831cb8?auth=1

Updated the link. Still the same fix for Win 10.

 

[Colif]

There is the way Colgeek suggests or the simple way... delete all the partitions on C drive and click next

What that error is saying is Win 10 can recognise your motherboard supports UEFI yet your HDD is formatted as MBR. Win 10 will default to GPT format if it sees a UEFI bios, and if the error was written in english sentences, it would just tell you the only way to continue is either do what Colgeek suggests or delete all the partitions on the drive. If you do the second part, Win 10 will create 4 partitions in the right format and continue the install

Doing it the way Colgeek suggests will leave the partitions as MBR

The main 2 differences between MBR and GPT are the maximum number of partitions, and max hdd size
On MBR, max partition number on a hdd is 4 and max hdd size is 2 terrabytes
On GPT, the max partition number is 128 and the max hdd size is 18.8 million Terrabytes

GPT is best used on drives bigger than 2tb as MBR cannot see anything over 2tb.

 

[Ropuchy]

See here:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_8-windows_install/windows-cannot-be-installed-to-this-disk-the/741969ff-95e0-4d00-b55d-db3a75831cb8?auth=1

Updated the link. Still the same fix for Win 10.

There is no option to disable EFI in the bios. And the drive is under 2TB.

 

[Ropuchy]

Alright, Colif.
So I can just select the "delete" option when the drive comes up in the Windows install thing?

 

[Colif]

Yes, delete all the partitions on the hdd, leave only unallocated space and click next

See step 12 or 13 here, it says the same thing: http://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/1950-windows-10-clean-install.html

 

[Rocky Bennett]

This always seems to work for me;


https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4027322/windows-windows-update-troubleshooter

Download and run as administrator.

 

[Ropuchy]

Alright.

I've finally got my system back up and running properly.

I've got absolutely no clue what post to select as the solution, though... :|

Thanks everyone for trying to help me fix the issue!