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<blockquote data-quote="SeriousHoax" data-source="post: 1103948" data-attributes="member: 78686"><p>Well, I updated a couple of days ago. It seemed to have gone okay until it didn't. </p><p>Windows Terminal was broken. Had to completely uninstall it using O&O App Buster because a normal uninstall and reinstall wouldn't fix it. Anyway, after remove+reinstalling it was okay. </p><p>On next system boot, after entering password, my desktop was completely black. I only had the TrafficMonitor speed indicator app (available in GitHub) visible in the task bar. CTRL+ALT+DEL, restart windows explorer didn't fix it. After restarting the system, it was fine again. What happened? <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤔" title="Thinking face :thinking:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.6/png/unicode/64/1f914.png" data-shortname=":thinking:" /></p><p>Windows.old folder didn't completely delete after deleting using Disk Cleanup tool of Windows. Some VMware related empty folders were there. Uninstalled VMWare but still the same. Then an optional windows update was installed which decreased 8 GB of C drive space. Tried cleaning up using Disk Cleanpup but I wouldn't reclaim any space. Still 8 GB less and still that windows.old folder existed and disk cleanup kept showing it has 8 GB windows update files to delete. Tried, "Dism /online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup /ResetBase" which always works to remove unnecessary update files, but it threw an error. So, there was definitely more than one thing wrong with the system. </p><p>I decided to restore the system image that was taken by Hasleo Backup prior to installing 24H2. I have Hasleo ISO + some other useful ISOs and tools in my flash drive. But it was stuck at 0% for 25 minutes while restoring. I had no choice but to manually press the restart button then saw that I was totally f****d. All of my SSD partitions were gone. The whole SSD became unallocated space, lol. My Windows, my games, my Linux partition all were gone. But there was nothing important so nothing I coudln't download and install again.</p><p>I booted HirenBootCD from the ISO, copied the new Windows 24H2 ISO into the flash drive that I had already downloaded and was located in my HDD. I download everything except games from Steam on my HDD.</p><p>So, then I freshly installed 24H2. The initial Windows setup wizard design has changed quite a bit. A bit different from how it has been more or less the same since Windows 10.</p><p>Anyway, everything is fine now. Windows feels nice and fast like before. Probably since I downloaded English_International ISO this time not the EN_US which I always used before, there was no Spotify, Photoshop or other placebo app icons on the start menu. Somehow with the same apps installed I have 12 GB more free space on my C drive <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤔" title="Thinking face :thinking:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.6/png/unicode/64/1f914.png" data-shortname=":thinking:" /> Mind you I always disable hibernation as well as 7 GB space that Windows pre-allocates to download updates. So my system has at least 11 GB more free space than what Windows ship by default. It was the same in 23H2 yet I have more free space in 24H2. Maybe more space will fill up as more updates are installed.</p><p>I don't mind this fresh installation, last time I did was in mid 2023. It's just that I had to download 120 GB game files which with my slow internet took about 34 hours in total <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😭" title="Loudly crying face :sob:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.6/png/unicode/64/1f62d.png" data-shortname=":sob:" /> My PC hasn't rested for two days.</p><p>I may share the potential reason why Hasleo failed (never did before) to restore in the Hasleo thread.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SeriousHoax, post: 1103948, member: 78686"] Well, I updated a couple of days ago. It seemed to have gone okay until it didn't. Windows Terminal was broken. Had to completely uninstall it using O&O App Buster because a normal uninstall and reinstall wouldn't fix it. Anyway, after remove+reinstalling it was okay. On next system boot, after entering password, my desktop was completely black. I only had the TrafficMonitor speed indicator app (available in GitHub) visible in the task bar. CTRL+ALT+DEL, restart windows explorer didn't fix it. After restarting the system, it was fine again. What happened? 🤔 Windows.old folder didn't completely delete after deleting using Disk Cleanup tool of Windows. Some VMware related empty folders were there. Uninstalled VMWare but still the same. Then an optional windows update was installed which decreased 8 GB of C drive space. Tried cleaning up using Disk Cleanpup but I wouldn't reclaim any space. Still 8 GB less and still that windows.old folder existed and disk cleanup kept showing it has 8 GB windows update files to delete. Tried, "Dism /online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup /ResetBase" which always works to remove unnecessary update files, but it threw an error. So, there was definitely more than one thing wrong with the system. I decided to restore the system image that was taken by Hasleo Backup prior to installing 24H2. I have Hasleo ISO + some other useful ISOs and tools in my flash drive. But it was stuck at 0% for 25 minutes while restoring. I had no choice but to manually press the restart button then saw that I was totally f****d. All of my SSD partitions were gone. The whole SSD became unallocated space, lol. My Windows, my games, my Linux partition all were gone. But there was nothing important so nothing I coudln't download and install again. I booted HirenBootCD from the ISO, copied the new Windows 24H2 ISO into the flash drive that I had already downloaded and was located in my HDD. I download everything except games from Steam on my HDD. So, then I freshly installed 24H2. The initial Windows setup wizard design has changed quite a bit. A bit different from how it has been more or less the same since Windows 10. Anyway, everything is fine now. Windows feels nice and fast like before. Probably since I downloaded English_International ISO this time not the EN_US which I always used before, there was no Spotify, Photoshop or other placebo app icons on the start menu. Somehow with the same apps installed I have 12 GB more free space on my C drive 🤔 Mind you I always disable hibernation as well as 7 GB space that Windows pre-allocates to download updates. So my system has at least 11 GB more free space than what Windows ship by default. It was the same in 23H2 yet I have more free space in 24H2. Maybe more space will fill up as more updates are installed. I don't mind this fresh installation, last time I did was in mid 2023. It's just that I had to download 120 GB game files which with my slow internet took about 34 hours in total 😭 My PC hasn't rested for two days. I may share the potential reason why Hasleo failed (never did before) to restore in the Hasleo thread. [/QUOTE]
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