Tuesday, 7 November 2017

Windows 8 stuck installing update


I just restarted my laptop to finish installing a Windows update and now it is stuck on please wait.


I have tried a system restore but there is only one restore point in the list and it does not work for some reason...


I also tried to do a refresh but it asks me for media. I plug in the usb I used to install windows 8 a while and go and says that the media failed to load.


I'm kind of stuck on options now. I can't boot and I can't restore and it seems I cant format either!


Is there anything anything else I can do to get things going?!


I'm running Windows 8 on a dell xps 14 ultrabook. Win 8 is installed on an msata drive and booting using EFi.



Answer



Boot from an Win8 setup DVD/USB thumb drive, to the repair options and select Command Prompt. Now run this command:


DISM /image:C:\ /cleanup-image /revertpendingactions

(replace C: with the drive where you installed Windows 8)


This reverts all pending operation of Windows Update. Are you now able to boot?


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