Jeff,
failed WIN10 installs plagued me until Dylan in an ORBX site post found the solution. There is some kind of TODO file that interferes with WIN10 installation. I deleted that and install completed.
Here is a link to the thread and Post #67 is the magic number for the location of the dastardly culprit.
http://www.orbxsystems.com/forum/topic/100907-windows-10-installation/?page=2
Hi Spud,
Ha, ha, ... for a minute there, I thought you were suggesting I try again. Yes, I did catch the TODO fix, and that worked for me. I took Win10 out for a test drive, around the block and down a country lane. I tried to make it acceptable, but failed. I don't like it, and I rolled back to Win7, which I do like. It works just fine, most of the time.
If it ain't broke ...! The rant was about windows nagging me, after the rollback. They took over my windows update screen to remind me every time I open it that "Windows 10 couldn't be installed". It didn't "fail to install", I uninstalled it myself and rolled back to Win7. There is a difference.
This is what I get when I go to "check for updates". BTW, I just took this screenie a minute ago. It is always like that, and I have to go around it by clicking the check for updates button manually. Oh, I forgot to say, I only went to windows update, because I got a notification that new updates were available. But when I get to the page, they don't show. Only this red warning. WTF?
Hi Doug,
Normally I like to stay on the cutting edge, with the latest updates for everything and newest hardware etc. (I just bought an HTC Vive VR headset.) But Windows 10 feels dirty to me, and I don't trust the motives of Microsoft. They are too socially orientated as an operating system. There are plenty of social media outlets already, I don't want it mixed into my computer's operating system. I personally hate advertising, and see it as a form of pollution, or garbage. Like discarded newspapers blowing down the street. My computer doesn't need to know where I am, or which websites I visit most often. That's my personal business. They can't have my contacts list, credit card info, or other such stuff either.
They could have offered the social media components as an optional package. Then people who want that could get it separately. (like office, word, paint, etc.) I am not social, and am repulsed by the idea of chat rooms and webcams everywhere I go.
Boy, something's got me wound up today. Sorry for the editorial opinions, but I do feel strongly about the subject. That's all, folks!