Question Issues updating Asus L402W to Windows 10 (1903)

[Christopher28]

For the past several days I've been having a heck of a time updating my Asus laptop to the latest version of Windows 10, which is OS build 1903. I've probably tried a dozen times with no luck. The laptop only has 32GB of eMMC memory. At first it said I didn't have enough room to install the update, so it asked me to insert an external storage source, which I did in the form of a USB flash drive (32GB), but still no luck. After it downloads and seemingly installs successfully, the laptop restarts and says it's "Working on updates" but it never progresses beyond 0%. It stays this way for almost two hours, then reverts back to the desktop not having updated successfully. Once I got a message saying that my PC "Wasn't able to be updated" and it would do so automatically when it could be updated. Any ideas as to what's going on? I'm stumped. I contacted Asus, who were quick to reply, but they simply said hopefully the problem would be resolved within a month and that it sounded like a Microsoft issue.

 

[Christopher28]

I did just find this. Seems odd. Does anyone know of a workaround for this issue?

Windows 10 PC with under 32GB storage? No 1903 update for you, says Microsoft

Microsoft finally raises its minimum storage requirements to 32GB for the Windows 10 May 2019 Update.

www.zdnet.com

 

[Christopher28]

But there is also this article which states the the above article is only referencing newly built PC's in the future, and not those already in use.

Windows 10 1903: We'll still update PCs with less than 32GB storage, says Microsoft | ZDNet

Microsoft clarifies that the new 32GB storage minimum for Windows 10 version 1903 is only for newly built PCs.

www.google.com

 

[Attitudeswe]

For the past several days I've been having a heck of a time updating my Asus laptop to the latest version of Windows 10, which is OS build 1903. I've probably tried a dozen times with no luck. The laptop only has 32GB of eMMC memory. At first it said I didn't have enough room to install the update, so it asked me to insert an external storage source, which I did in the form of a USB flash drive (32GB), but still no luck. After it downloads and seemingly installs successfully, the laptop restarts and says it's "Working on updates" but it never progresses beyond 0%. It stays this way for almost two hours, then reverts back to the desktop not having updated successfully. Once I got a message saying that my PC "Wasn't able to be updated" and it would do so automatically when it could be updated. Any ideas as to what's going on? I'm stumped. I contacted Asus, who were quick to reply, but they simply said hopefully the problem would be resolved within a month and that it sounded like a Microsoft issue.

For me I needed to update the audiodriver before update succeeded. Got page faults late during the upgrade that rolled back the update (due to conexant smartaudio hd. Windows found 8.66.77.57 driver on its own when requesting driver update poll)

Os drive has about 1gb less free after the update (before running disk cleanup). Suppose more might be used during the update despite external storage?