Still having update issues with 24H2

1) did you overwrite your original install? you stated you cannot mess with it too much because it's your primary daily driver... but later comments make it sound like you did a fresh install over it...

2) Use RUFUS to burn the 24H2 iso to usb and check the boxes to bypass requirements

3) IF you did a fresh install over it, you can do it again as you wont lose anything that isn't there to lose... so pull out any HDDs/SSDs except for one and during the install, delete all partitions and start COMPLETELY Fresh (if you have anything you cannot afford to lose, back it up on an external media before doing this)

4) Once reinstall is finished and you are at your desktop, disconnect from the internet and do the following:

open command prompt as admin and run:



5) Restart PC (keep offline)

6) After restart > RUN > gpedit.msc and set the following:




7) Restart
8) Connect to internet
9) Run Windows Updates
10) Check Device Manager > for any missing drivers, go to Dell website and get per your Service Tag number/model

dacrone said:

1) did you overwrite your original install? you stated you cannot mess with it too much because it's your primary daily driver... but later comments make it sound like you did a fresh install over it...

2) Use RUFUS to burn the 24H2 iso to usb and check the boxes to bypass requirements

3) IF you did a fresh install over it, you can do it again as you wont lose anything that isn't there to lose... so pull out any HDDs/SSDs except for one and during the install, delete all partitions and start COMPLETELY Fresh (if you have anything you cannot afford to lose, back it up on an external media before doing this)

4) Once reinstall is finished and you are at your desktop, disconnect from the internet and do the following:

open command prompt as admin and run:

Code:

FOR %F IN ("%SystemRoot%\servicing\Packages\Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy-ClientTools-Package~*.mum") DO ( DISM /Online /NoRestart /Add-Package:"%F" )

Code:

FOR %F IN ("%SystemRoot%\servicing\Packages\Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy-ClientExtensions-Package~*.mum") DO ( DISM /Online /NoRestart /Add-Package:"%F" )

5) Restart PC (keep offline)

6) After restart > RUN > gpedit.msc and set the following:

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7) Restart
8) Connect to internet
9) Run Windows Updates
10) Check Device Manager > for any missing drivers, go to Dell website and get per your Service Tag number/model

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Thanks for trying,, I'm not up to all that right now and don know where to start with that. For now, I have this thing “functional” that's good enough for now since it's my main machine. Like I said, I couldn't start doing much if anything major until I find another decent used W11 laptop as a backup. For now, All I can do is try to at least stop the driver downloads on this thing now. I don't really want to try to reinstall anything again, since I'm not even sure where I installed the 23H2 over. For all I know my old OS my still be on the same SSD, I can not open D at all,. Yet, using Chrystal disk, it still shows all 3 of my SSD's. I can't think straight anymore. I have always kept my systems running and have always found ways to fix or repair them. I'm not up to speed on messing with laptops, however. (I did set the download setting.)

As I said, I'm sure I'll end up having to remove the SSD in slot 1, which I believe is the C drive SSD. I did not set this hardware up myself, it came this way when I bought it. So I don't exactly know how SSDs are placed onto these Dell laptop Motherboards. But looking at YouTube, they seem to all be set in a row.

Thanks again for trying to help. I'm a 78 year retired guy that is losing his mind.

So I bought another Dell, a 7760 this time that has 24H2 installed.

This will let me get into the 7740 to redo the whole thing once I get this 7760 setup and working as I need it. Once I get the 7740 redone, I will use the Rufus install USB I made to get the 7740 up and see what a clean installation does with 24H2 on it.

I managed to get a pretty good deal on this 7760, it's an i5-11500H, 32g Ram, 1T SSD. The only 2 items it doesn't have is a dedicated Graphics card and no backlit keyboard. It does have MS Office Pro 2021 installed and activated. The asking price was $585, I got it for $450. ($498 with tax and shipping)

Have you tried to download the Dell OS recovery from Dell drivers for your system? It can put all dell partitions back to factory settings and then you can use the Dell system recovery and restore in future.

rhuds13 said:

Have you tried to download the Dell OS recovery from Dell drivers for your system? It can put all dell partitions back to factory settings and then you can use the Dell system recovery and restore in future.

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I think I tried to get that once, but it said something about my support being expired. I don't have any Dell system recovery on this now if it was there, I had to install a normal 23H2 version using a USB installer. What I'm going to try on the 7740 is format the drive and try the 24H2 USB installer I made using Rufus to see if a clean installation of 24H2 will install and redo the mess.

I should have 3 SDD drives showing, C, D, and E. but now I only seem to have 2, After I installed 23H2, it shows me D local and C new volume, (which should show local) and E which shows as new volume. I can not access or view D at all, says access denied.

It's something I have never had to deal with since messing with computers, so I'm not all that clear on just what the H happened. I have AOMEI backups and once I get an OS installed and my SSD drives back I will install AOMEI Backupper and try to restore a good backup. This all started as I was trying to restore my backups after the download of 24H2, but somehow the laptop just went nuts and wouldn't even boot to the USB drive anymore after the 4th attempt. So that's why I just tried the only other option, install 23H2 again.

For now, I'll wait for the 7760 to be delivered and get it setup for normal use with my usual programs and settings before I attempt to dig into the 7740. I have 23H2 working and my programs installed I need to keep doing my daily stuff, for now it's good enough.

Thanks

So today I received my Dell 7760 Am setting things up slowly. Not going to do anymore “preview” updates this time. Only what shows up as normal updates. Making my first system backup before doing too much more. This thing looks like brand new. I got it off eBay at an excellent deal. I’ll redo my 7740 at a later date.

Edition Windows 11 Pro
Version 24H2
Installed on ‎2/‎23/‎2025
OS build 26100.3194
Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.26100.48.0

Device name DELL-PRECISION
Processor 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-11500H @ 2.90GHz 2.92 GHz
Installed RAM 32.0 GB (31.2 GB usable)
System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
Pen and touch, No pen or touch input is available for this display