Windows 10 Update Errors

[austino311]

To preface;

Had Windows 8 on an HDD, bought a fancy new SSD, used the SSD's partition wizard (Samsung) to copy/move my OS and all files to the SSD. OS is now on the SSD. Fast forward a few months, Windows 10 is released. Upgrade windows 8 to 10, was running into issues then "couldn't apply updates due to reserved partition". I believe I made my SSD the active partition and was able to update to 10 from there on. Had windows 10 on my current SSD, but it wasn't receiving regular updates. Did some googling, found that I needed to make my SSD the active partition. Go into disk management, mark the SSD as active, being able to update the current version of windows. Great problem solved. During the update, the Windows update thought I was upgrading to Windows 10. It didn't recognize that I was already running 10 and started the update as if it was coming from 8. It continued with the upgrade. The PC restarted a few times and now I cannot boot into windows without using some form of a recovery drive/disk. I have used both a USB recovery drive from windows 10, tried refreshing, system restore, to no avail. ill post the results from each of the following advanced options recovery tools.

Using Windows 8 disk as my recovery media:

• Refresh your PC: " drive where installed is locked. Unlock the drive and try again."
• System Restore: "To use System Restore, you must specify which Windows to restore." Restart this computer, select an operating system, and then select System Restore"
• Startup Repair: "Start up repair couldn't repair your PC Press "Advanced options" to try other options to repair your PC or "Shut down" to turn off your PC"
• Command Prompt: I tried this with the Windows 8 disk as my repair drive, and with a Windows 10 repair drive and yielded the same results
o bootrec /fixmbr
 the operation completed successfully
o bootrec /fixboot
 the operation completed successfully
o bootrec /rebuildbcd
 successfully scanned, total Windows installations 1, add installation to boot list? Yes
 the requested system device cannot be found
o sfc /scannow
 there is a system repair pending which requires a reboot to complete. restart windows and run sfc again.

This is a custom built pc:
I7 7700k
Asus Z270-AR
Raijintek AIO cooler
EVGA GTX 980 video card
EVGA 750 Bronze PSU
Samsung 850 Evo SSD
WD blue 1TB HDD
NZXT H440

 

[Colif]

On another PC, download the Windows 10 media creation tool and use it to make a win 10 installer on USB << use this instead of 8

Try steps 1 & 3 here - don't download anything: http://www.thewindowsclub.com/the-drive-where-windows-is-installed-is-locked

active partition should be the MBR or EFI partition (depending on format), not C drive

is there anything on C drive you want to rescue? try making this on another PC: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/use-ubuntu-live-cd-to-backup-files-from-your-dead-windows-computer/ or can you boot off hdd?

 

[austino311]

MERGED QUESTION
Question from austino311 : "Windows 10 Update Issues"

To preface;

Had Windows 8 on an HDD, bought a fancy new SSD, used the SSD's partition wizard (Samsung) to copy/move my OS and all files to the SSD. OS is now on the SSD. Fast forward a few months, Windows 10 is released. Upgrade windows 8 to 10, was running into issues then "couldn't apply updates due to reserved partition". I believe I made my SSD the active partition and was able to update to 10 from there on. Had windows 10 on my current SSD, but it wasn't receiving regular updates. Did some googling, found that I needed to make my SSD the active partition. Go into disk management, mark the SSD as active, being able to update the current version of windows. Great problem solved. During the update, the Windows update thought I was upgrading to Windows 10. It didn't recognize that I was already running 10 and started the update as if it was coming from 8. It continued with the upgrade. The PC restarted a few times and now I cannot boot into windows without using some form of a recovery drive/disk. I have used both a USB recovery drive from windows 10, tried refreshing, system restore, to no avail. ill post the results from each of the following advanced options recovery tools.

Using Windows 8 disk as my recovery media:

• Refresh your PC: " drive where installed is locked. Unlock the drive and try again."
• System Restore: "To use System Restore, you must specify which Windows to restore." Restart this computer, select an operating system, and then select System Restore"
• Startup Repair: "Start up repair couldn't repair your PC Press "Advanced options" to try other options to repair your PC or "Shut down" to turn off your PC"
• Command Prompt: I tried this with the Windows 8 disk as my repair drive, and with a Windows 10 repair drive and yielded the same results
o bootrec /fixmbr
 the operation completed successfully
o bootrec /fixboot
 the operation completed successfully
o bootrec /rebuildbcd
 successfully scanned, total Windows installations 1, add installation to boot list? Yes
 the requested system device cannot be found
o sfc /scannow
 there is a system repair pending which requires a reboot to complete. restart windows and run sfc again.
This is a custom built pc:
I7 7700k
Asus Z270-AR
Raijintek AIO cooler
EVGA GTX 980 video card
EVGA 750 Bronze PSU
Samsung 850 Evo SSD
WD blue 1TB HDD
NZXT H440

 

[rgd1101]

MERGED QUESTION
Question from austino311 : "Cannot Install Windows 10 Updates"

Hello Everyone!
As the title indicates I am currently running windows 10. But I haven’t been able to receive any new updates to the current OS. I check out the update panel and under details it says “We found some issues. Select this message to fix and finish updating.” Ill select, “Fix issues” and a window pops up saying “Preparing for the upgrade” as if I don’t already have 10 installed. Then It concludes the message with “We couldn’t update the system reserved partition.” But I am already running windows 10. My laptop can receive newer updates of the 10 OS, but my desktop cannot. Is there anything I can do to fix this?
Specs:
Intel 6600k
Asus Z170-AR
980 KINGPIN
Samsung 850 evo 500g
WD blue 1tb
Raijintek AIO liquid cooler

You can use the media creation tool to download Windows 10 and then fix your problem with the installation media of your choice.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10