Cannot update Windows 10 versions 1703 and 1709

[SkiGorski]

OK, here is where I am now.  It's been a day or so as I had to get a DVD/Flashdrive that was big enough to handle the download.  I purchased a 256 GB Flash Drive and an 8.5 GB DVD+R 8x disc.

Low and behold, when attempting to transfer the downloads to either of these devices, I get a message telling me that the selected device is too small to hold the 4.7 GB download.  So now I am wondering what is going on as I don't know where to go now.

Does anyone have any help for this?  Am I doing something wrong?  Do I have to prep the flashdrive or disc before using them?  If so, how do I do that?

Any help will be deeply appreciated.

[mdklassen]

>  I get a message telling me that the selected device is too small to hold the 4.7 GB download. 

Is it checking the available disk-space on your 'C:' disk-drive, or on the [eventual] installation media?

Expressed differently, how much unallocated disk-space exists on your 'C:' drive?

Creating the Installation Media is a two-step process:

1: download 4GB to your 'C:' drive.

2: burn the downloaded file to the DVD-recordable media, or write the downloaded file to the USB memory-stick.

Your problem probably is completing the 1st step.

Check your 'Downloads' folder, for files that you can delete, to free-up some space.

If running Google Chrome, select "Settings", and "delete temporary internet files".

Run Windows "Disk Cleanup" to free-up some space.

Retry the download.

>   I purchased a 256 GB Flash Drive.

That's about 16 times more space than you need.  Ouch!

It's probable that when you write the Installation Files to that drive, it will re-partitioni and re-format that drive.

So, when you view the files/folders on it, it will report that the active "partition" is just 16GB, making it difficult for you to use the "other" 240GB.  Ouch!

I recommend that you purchase a 16GB flash-drive, and "re-purpose" the 256GB flash-drive as a long-term "backup" device. If you do that, then you can copy some of your 'Documents' and 'Pictures' and 'Music' folders onto that device, and then delete those files from 'C:', to free-up more disk-space for the actual download (step #1, above).

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[SkiGorski]

In answer to how much room I have on my C: Drive, the answer is over 700 GB's.

I tried transferring the folder from my C:Drive to the E:Drive, my DVD again and it first formatted the DVD then it was running until it quit.  I then got an error message:  0x800703EE.  Of course I have no idea what that could possible mean.

I will get a 16 GB Flashdrive tomorrow and try that route again and see what happens.

On my downloads I have three that might be what I need, but I'm not sure.  They are:

Win10_1703_English_x64

windows ISO Downloader.  With this one I seem to always have a problem trying to transfer it anywhere.  It just wants to run and add itself to my C:Drive.  I have tried and tried to copy it to either the flashdrive or the disc to no avail.  Maybe I'm doing something wrong.

windows 10 Upgrade 9252.  I have no idea what this is either.

Do you have any new ideas or would you rather wait until after I get the 16 GB Flashdrive?

Thanks for staying with me, I appreciate it.

[mdklassen]

> They are:  Win10_1703_English_x64   windows ISO Downloader. 

> With this one I seem to always have a problem trying to transfer it anywhere. 

> It just wants to run and add itself to my C: drive. 

Yes, allow it to "install" on your computer.

It is the program that will actually download the (large) file onto your C: drive (which has lots of available disk-space), as "step #1".

Does it run, and does it take a while to download about 4GB from Microsoft?

Note that 4 Gigabytes -> 40 Gigabits -> 40,000 Megabits (roughly).

At 10 Megabits/second for your Internet connection, the download will take 4000 seconds -> almost 70 minutes.

Is the download taking that much time, before displaying any error-message?

[SkiGorski]

Just to bring everyone up to date now, here is where I stand.

I was just with Microsoft again and the agent there disabled the Microsoft Update Assistant which was causing me anguish.

She stated that HP has not updated the driver for this computer to accept Windows 10 Updates 1703 and 1709, hence the messages telling me the computer is not compatible for these upgrades.

I have decided to wait until Microsoft makes these upgrades available to all and hope that HP updates the driver for this particular computer so it will accept the changes.

FYI, I use Comcast for my server and I just checked the computer speed as I'm writing this and it is 150 Mbps download speed and 18.5 Mbps upload.  It is pretty fast so if I was copying and downloading the files you recommended, I don't think it would take 70 minutes or so to do it.

Right now I am happy where I stand (for the time being) and I really appreciate all of the help and guidance you have been giving me.  The next time you update or reply to this, I will click on the accept this as fixing the problem, or whatever it is they ask.

Once again THANK YOU for all you have done.  It has been my pleasure to work with you.

[mdklassen · Accepted solution]

> I use Comcast for my server and I just checked the computer speed as I'm writing this and it is 150 Mbps download

> It is pretty fast

That is an understatement. 

Locally, "Internet 150" is just over $80 US per month. Just like drag-racing the quarter-mile -- "speed costs money".

> If I was copying and downloading the files you recommended, I don't think it would take 70 minutes or so to do it.

Simple math -- if the Microsoft file-server can "send" at 150 Mbps, and your disk-drive can write at 150 Mbps, then the 70 minutes, at 10 Mbps, will be done in less than 5 minutes -- 15 times faster.

[747007]

On a direct link to update Windows 10 1703 and 1709 it is possible with the instruction.

[mdklassen]

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@747007 wrote:

On a direct link to update Windows 10 1703 and 1709 it is possible with the instruction.

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That seems like a good resource, but that website is not being kept up-to-date. 

The page: https://update10.info/category/1803-update-windows-10/ is "empty". Sigh.

P.S. Welcome to this forum.

[747007]

Updates started on this site

[mdklassen]

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@747007 wrote:

Updates started on this site

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I do not understand.

What file(s) are you downloading from that site?

After the download completed, what did you do?

What error-message were produced?