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Updating to Windows 8.1 from 8 takes so long

The download has been at 64% for the past 5 hours, is that how it's suppose to be? o.o

December 28, 2014

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tsubasa128

[quote=BobR]No... a download might hang for a few minutes, but any longer than that and you can pretty much assume it's never going to complete.
If it's a pauesable/restartable download sometimes pausing it, waiting a few minutes then unpausing it will give it a kick in the pants and get it going again.
Otherwise you're a lot better off just canceling it and starting over again.[/quote]

Thanks for helping out again. Actually I just left it overnight and eventually it's completed.

Reply December 28, 2014 - edited
BobR

[quote=tsubasa128]The download has been at 64% for the past 5 hours, is that how it's suppose to be? o.o[/quote]

No... a download might hang for a few minutes, but any longer than that and you can pretty much assume it's never going to complete.
If it's a pauesable/restartable download sometimes pausing it, waiting a few minutes then unpausing it will give it a kick in the pants and get it going again.
Otherwise you're a lot better off just canceling it and starting over again.

Reply December 28, 2014 - edited