Computers Windows 10 Anniversary Update Borking Hard Drives

**Baby Lee** · 08-05-2016, 06:42 AM

I'm putting this here because I know there's expertise. If no interest, feel free to ignore.

I recently updated to the Win10 Anniversary Update.
Immediately on restart, my 3TB Toshiba Canvio USB 3.0 portable drive was borked.

It's listed as working, but is a removeable mass storage device with 0 bytes used and 0 bytes free. Explorer prompts to format [of course I haven't].

Glancing around, it looks like this is a widespread problem affecting a lot of drives and setups, but I don't know the best way to monitor for a quality solution.

It's not an urgent matter, as the vast majority of the drive is recorded TV signal and ripped DVDs. So mostly I won't be watching stuff I'm backlogged on.

But I do have some documents and most of my software installations on there as well.

At some point I need to recover the drive, so I'm posting this for if people come up with solutions, or find them online, or have similar problems themselves.

BleedingRed · 08-05-2016, 06:55 AM

Leave it to windows to always **** up their operating systems.

Windows 98 - Great
Window ME - Crap
Windows XP - Great
Windows Vista - Crap
Windows 7 - Great
Windows 8 - Crap
Windows 10 - Great

That is an amazing trend........

**Baby Lee** · 08-05-2016, 07:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BleedingRed

Leave it to windows to always **** up their operating systems.

Windows 98 - Great
Window ME - Crap
Windows XP - Great
Windows Vista - Crap
Windows 7 - Great
Windows 8 - Crap
Windows 10 - Great

That is an amazing trend........

I don't want to skew the perception.

[Knock Wood]

This is really the only major problem I've had with the OS since I installed last year. For a while I thought I lost an older printer, but that was HP's fault for no longer supporting it. I switched it over to a LAN port on my router from USB, and Win10 recognized it fine. I've also had no luck mating my Bluetooth keyboard, so I reverted back to an RF KB/Mouse combo instead. No BSoD [see knock wood above]. No other HW problems. Faster, smoother, prettier.

**Baby Lee** · 08-05-2016, 07:05 AM

https://www.askwoody.com/2016/i-reco...ersary-update/

BleedingRed · 08-05-2016, 07:13 AM

I love windows 10, don't get me wrong. But, just like Apple I swear their updates are made to make it run more unstable over time

**DaneMcCloud** · 08-05-2016, 09:13 AM

Have you tried another port?

I'd take the drive to a friend's computer to make sure it works. If it does, transfer the info to another drive, then reformat your drive on the Win10 box.

FTR, I have seven hard drives and had no issue when updating from 8.1 to 10.

**Baby Lee** · 08-05-2016, 09:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Have you tried another port?

I'd take the drive to a friend's computer to make sure it works. If it does, transfer the info to another drive, then reformat your drive on the Win10 box.

FTR, I have seven hard drives and had no issue when updating from 8.1 to 10.

1. Switched USB 3.0 ports around, yes. Haven't tried it with any 2.0 ports yet because it's too much work for the payoff ATM [still have another 2TB free].

2. Transferring to another drive isn't practical, because there's over 2-2.5TB used, and I'd have to take out multiple internal drives to even recover MOST of it.

3. It's not an upgrade but an update. I've been on Win10 since it came out last year.

**DaneMcCloud** · 08-05-2016, 10:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

1. Switched USB 3.0 ports around, yes. Haven't tried it with any 2.0 ports yet because it's too much work for the payoff ATM [still have another 2TB free].

2. Transferring to another drive isn't practical, because there's over 2-2.5TB used, and I'd have to take out multiple internal drives to even recover MOST of it.

3. It's not an upgrade but an update. I've been on Win10 since it came out last year.

Have you tried rolling back? Did you set a recovery point or make a disc image?

You could also purchase another 3TB drive, transfer on a different computer, and transfer.

**loochy** · 08-05-2016, 10:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Have you tried rolling back? Did you set a recovery point or make a disc image?

Yeah, I'd try a wipe and restore.

**Baby Lee** · 08-05-2016, 10:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Have you tried rolling back? Did you set a recovery point or make a disc image?

You could also purchase another 3TB drive, transfer on a different computer, and transfer.

Evidently, and this is still evolving. The update was sufficiently large that MS erased all restore points prior to said update in the course to make room for installation.

**Baby Lee** · 08-06-2016, 07:21 AM

Here are some before/after pre-finalized partition recovery images regarding this.

It's a 3TB drive. As the first image from Windows10 Tools shows, all of it is unallocated. And a big portion in RAW.

After running MiniTool, found 6 3MB Boot partitions and the rest remains unallocated.

I haven't finalized the recovery because I'm not sure if that's the right thing to do, and I may still have a version rollback available that might work.

**hometeam** · 08-06-2016, 02:06 PM

use something like easeus or testdisk to rewrite your partition tables~

**Baby Lee** · 08-07-2016, 01:25 AM

I opted out of letting MiniTool or EaseUS do anything.

Several people have mentioned that System Restore Points are erased by this major update, but you can do an 'Update Rollback.'

It's an option on the Win10/Settings/Updates panel.

This worked for me, and the drive is back and in good order.

But I also have to disable all updates until I can figure out from boards/news that the problem has been fixed.

Guess I can live with that better than living without 2-2.5 TB of data. Got to try out Edge with it's first extensions. Not bad, but still not good enough to move away from Chrome, especially without Adblock Extension.

**Baby Lee** · 08-07-2016, 01:59 AM

And now my Chrome is [at least temporarily] borked. It works, but there seems to be an update of Chrome that coincided or otherwise got entangled with the MS Anniversary update. Now with the rollback, on half the images on pages, it tells me I don't have permission. Can't check gmail, etc.

Chrome also keeps interrupting its own update, and won't grant me permission to the chrome browser download site.

**** OFF MICROSOFT!!

**Baby Lee** · 08-07-2016, 02:24 AM

And now Chrome is dead for me.

I restarted my PC to see if anything had failed to update.
On restart, Chrome gives an error message 'side by side configuration is incorrect'
Edge also refuses to let me go to the Chrome update page
Stuck in this shitty browser.

**** YOU MICROSOFT!!

08-05-2016, 06:42 AM
Baby Lee Supporter Join Date: Aug 2000 Casino cash: $6838598	Windows 10 Anniversary Update Borking Hard Drives I'm putting this here because I know there's expertise. If no interest, feel free to ignore. I recently updated to the Win10 Anniversary Update. Immediately on restart, my 3TB Toshiba Canvio USB 3.0 portable drive was borked. It's listed as working, but is a removeable mass storage device with 0 bytes used and 0 bytes free. Explorer prompts to format [of course I haven't]. Glancing around, it looks like this is a widespread problem affecting a lot of drives and setups, but I don't know the best way to monitor for a quality solution. It's not an urgent matter, as the vast majority of the drive is recorded TV signal and ripped DVDs. So mostly I won't be watching stuff I'm backlogged on. But I do have some documents and most of my software installations on there as well. At some point I need to recover the drive, so I'm posting this for if people come up with solutions, or find them online, or have similar problems themselves.
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08-05-2016, 07:05 AM	#4
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08-05-2016, 09:13 AM	#6
DaneMcCloud Supporter Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Hollywood, CA Casino cash: $10053648	Have you tried another port? I'd take the drive to a friend's computer to make sure it works. If it does, transfer the info to another drive, then reformat your drive on the Win10 box. FTR, I have seven hard drives and had no issue when updating from 8.1 to 10.
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08-06-2016, 07:21 AM	#11
Baby Lee Supporter Join Date: Aug 2000 Casino cash: $6838598	Here are some before/after pre-finalized partition recovery images regarding this. It's a 3TB drive. As the first image from Windows10 Tools shows, all of it is unallocated. And a big portion in RAW. After running MiniTool, found 6 3MB Boot partitions and the rest remains unallocated. I haven't finalized the recovery because I'm not sure if that's the right thing to do, and I may still have a version rollback available that might work. Attached Thumbnails __________________ We need the kind of courage that can withstand the subtle corruption of the cynics - E.W.
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08-06-2016, 02:06 PM	#12
hometeam Supporter Join Date: Jul 2011 Casino cash: $4141956	use something like easeus or testdisk to rewrite your partition tables~
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08-07-2016, 01:25 AM	#13
Baby Lee Supporter Join Date: Aug 2000 Casino cash: $6838598	I opted out of letting MiniTool or EaseUS do anything. Several people have mentioned that System Restore Points are erased by this major update, but you can do an 'Update Rollback.' It's an option on the Win10/Settings/Updates panel. This worked for me, and the drive is back and in good order. But I also have to disable all updates until I can figure out from boards/news that the problem has been fixed. Guess I can live with that better than living without 2-2.5 TB of data. Got to try out Edge with it's first extensions. Not bad, but still not good enough to move away from Chrome, especially without Adblock Extension. __________________ We need the kind of courage that can withstand the subtle corruption of the cynics - E.W. Last edited by Baby Lee; 08-07-2016 at 01:41 AM..
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08-07-2016, 01:59 AM	#14
Baby Lee Supporter Join Date: Aug 2000 Casino cash: $6838598	And now my Chrome is [at least temporarily] borked. It works, but there seems to be an update of Chrome that coincided or otherwise got entangled with the MS Anniversary update. Now with the rollback, on half the images on pages, it tells me I don't have permission. Can't check gmail, etc. Chrome also keeps interrupting its own update, and won't grant me permission to the chrome browser download site. **** OFF MICROSOFT!! __________________ We need the kind of courage that can withstand the subtle corruption of the cynics - E.W.
Posts: 95,642

08-07-2016, 02:24 AM	#15
Baby Lee Supporter Join Date: Aug 2000 Casino cash: $6838598	And now Chrome is dead for me. I restarted my PC to see if anything had failed to update. On restart, Chrome gives an error message 'side by side configuration is incorrect' Edge also refuses to let me go to the Chrome update page Stuck in this shitty browser. **** YOU MICROSOFT!! __________________ We need the kind of courage that can withstand the subtle corruption of the cynics - E.W.
Posts: 95,642