Windows 2004 upgrade still takes hours to complete despite taking extensive precautions

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Will Joseph-4

Why does Win 2004 upgrade still take hours to complete when I know other users complete it in less than an hour?

Most of us have been here before; with long install times . The upgrade took 20 minutes in "Getting things ready" 3 hours in "installing" and 2 hours after re-boot, start to finish.


I started the download from the win update screen after it appeared when I did a manual update request.

I have 600 Gb of free space on a HDD of 1TB and a 1% fragmentation at time of upgrade. I uninstalled my AVG virus software before I upgraded and ran the Win Update Troubleshooter. I disconnected all external drives, printers, USB´drives and mouses. Of course I did a Back-Up and Image. (Please do not tell me that my hardware is too old i.e. no SSD, or my download speed is to slow.)

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