Windows 10 upgrade bug makes some PCs unusable

[froggyboy604]

Some consumers trying to upgrade their computers to Windows 10 have run into a bug that is rendering their machines inoperative.
 
Instead of being able to use Microsoft’s new operating system, they get an error that says their computer has a “missing operating system.” Some also said their drives reported having nothing on them after the attempted upgrade.
 
Among those who experienced the bug was Randall Keith, the managing editor for Digital for Bay Area News Group, which publishes SiliconBeat. He ran into it while trying to upgrade his 3-year-old Asus ZenBook laptop, which was running Windows 7. Keith attempted the upgrade after getting a notification from Microsoft prompting him to do so and after using the company’s installer to see if his computer was compatible with the new software.
 
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I think it is best to clean install Windows by formatting your drive, and install Windows from the Install disk instead of upgrading.

 

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It's kind of a good thing that it happened to a n IT journalist because in this way it became major news. It's strange though. ZenBooks are known to be pretty good laptops.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

Hmmm, the new OS must be too much for the aging parts. It's all I can think of.

 

[froggyboy604]

Hmmm, the new OS must be too much for the aging parts. It's all I can think of.

It may also be a problem with the Windows 10 upgrader. I think he might of gotten Windows 10 on his aging laptop if he partitioned, and formatted his hard drive to clean install Windows 10 instead of upgrading over Windows 7.