{"id":15587,"date":"2013-10-17T14:51:09","date_gmt":"2013-10-17T13:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=15587"},"modified":"2013-10-17T14:51:09","modified_gmt":"2013-10-17T13:51:09","slug":"my-bad-experience-of-upgrading-from-windows-8-to-windows-8-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=15587","title":{"rendered":"My BAD Experience Of Upgrading From Windows 8 to Windows 8.1"},"content":{"rendered":"

I deliberately held off from upgrading my Samsung ATIV Windows 8 Pro Atom tablet from Windows 8 to 8.1 to experience the process.  It started kind of rough.<\/p>\n

You start, not in the Windows Store, but on Windows.com.<\/p>\n

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Click the link and the upgrade process should start.  Instead, I got a HTTP 403 Forbidden Access Denied error.  Whoops!  First day jitters.  I hope someone quickly deployed more Azure instances! \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

I tried again about 2 hours later and the link opened the Windows Store where I clicked on Download.<\/p>\n

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Then a download starts.  For me, on a fast line, it was slow.<\/p>\n

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After a long wait I was informed that the machine would reboot automatically after a 15 minute wait.  I triggered it to happen immediately.  The very slow count from 1 to 100% began after the reboot.  Bear in mind that the storage in these tablets appears to be very slow.<\/p>\n

My machine hung on a black screen during this stage and that stuffed the install.  I rebooted and it reset this stage of the upgrade.  Another power reset and the issue repeated.  <\/p>\n

And then I was greeted by<\/p>\n

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Restoring Your Previous Version Of Windows<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Yes, the upgrade failed for no reason.  So much for the upgrade process.  Looks like I\u2019ll be doing a fresh install instead.<\/p>\n

FYI, I saw another machine (also Windows 8 OEM but another hardware brand) even refuse to upgrade for an unknown reason.  This is what I was greeted with when Windows 8 was restored and I logged in.<\/p>\n

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Couldn\u2019t Upgrade To Windows 8.1<\/p>\n

Sorry, we couldn\u2019t complete the update to Windows 8.1.  We\u2019ve restored your previous version of Windows to this PC.<\/p>\n

0xC1900101 \u2013 0x40017<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This is why there is<\/em> value in public beta testing, unlike in the much smaller restricted private TAPs.<\/p>\n

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I deliberately held off from upgrading my Samsung ATIV Windows 8 Pro Atom tablet from Windows 8 to 8.1 to experience the process.  It started kind of rough. You start, not in the Windows Store, but on Windows.com. Click the link and the upgrade process should start.  Instead, I got a HTTP 403 Forbidden Access … Continue reading “My BAD Experience Of Upgrading From Windows 8 to Windows 8.1”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[174,109,110],"class_list":["post-15587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows-desktop","tag-deployment","tag-windows-8","tag-windows-8-1"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t