Windows 10 iso download problem.

I crashed my PC during a dual boot. I need the Win 10 iso. When I try to download it directly from Microsoft, it fails when it reaches the 4.0gb mark. It says it's 4.4gb total. I've tried three different computers running Win 10, Mint 19, and Ubuntu 18.4 Lts. All of them get to the 4.0gb stage and fail. Firefox has been the browser and they're up to date. I doubt another browser will make a difference. I will try though. Any ideas on getting the download to complete or another secure source for the ISO? I did the cache and data delete deal.

TIA

 

I tried to download with Chromium and no go. At 4.0gb the download fails.

 

Have you tried the Microsoft media creation tool?

 

Try this:

Download the edition you want from here: https://tb.rg-adguard.net/public.php

Then burn it to a USB Flash Disk using Rufus

 

Thanks but that doesn't work unless I have access to the OS. I can't get past the BIOS. My other PC's are Linux distros and I don't think the media creation tool for Windows works with Linux. If it does, I'd like to know how to make it work.

Thanks. Yes, I have tried that. The download came back with an error. I'm starting to wonder if it's because I run Linux on everything. I'm going to give it another try. I just realized Rufus is for Windows only. I'm going to try Unetbootin. It's worked for me in the past.

 

get on a Windows machine man, use a friend's PC or something

 

@ben2go,
Make sure you aren't trying to download it to a FAT32 partition. I only have the 4GB limitation problem with FAT32 USB flash drives, for example.

For me, I can download the 64-bit ISO using a non-Microsoft O/S. I tried grabbing the latest 64-bit ISO just now with macOS and with Linux (Firefox) and it worked OK. I'm in the U.S. though. In fact, this past weekend an update inadvertently broke my Bitlocker disk encryption boot environment, and I used Linux to download an ISO so I could repair 1803 from the recovery environment command prompt since I didn't have a copy of the ISO. So I know the Linux download works.

When you try from a UNIX-like O/S, you don't get prompted with the option for the Downloader Tool. Instead, you should get a direct ISO download that works for 24 hours. I do. All 4.4 GBs-worth.

https://www.microsoft.com/software-download/windows10
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10ISO

Select edition | Windows 10 April 2018 Update | Windows 10
Click Confirm.
Choose the product language: English
Click Confirm.
Click 64-bit Download button

 

Thanks for sharing this.

 

Here is how I fixed my machine. I borrowed a newer Win 10 HP Stream from my son. I used the Media Creation Tool from Microsoft to download the newest version of Win 10, because that's what my new PC had on it. I tried to save my PC. I could not. I abandoned that partion. 70gb lost for now and reinstalled Win 10 fresh, with no Acer or other bloatware. The computer isn't as fast as before and the screen will not go as bright as before. I've been through all the settings in Win and in Intel with no luck on the brightness. No luck on the speed problems either. I'll keep trying.

 

If the automatic repair doesn't work then sometimes you need to run arcane bcdedit commands (from USB ISO recovery environment, command prompt) with even more arcane parameters in the hopes you'll fix it, if it is even fixable at all.

I have no idea on the Acer tools or your issues with display brightness. It sounds like it's missing a driver or a hotkey program from the manufacturer or from Windows update.

 

I'll try as you suggest to recover the old partition.

The display issue was a setting in the intel display settings that I missed. Fixed now. No Acer tools on my PC after the fresh install. All the bloatware is gone.

 

Link doesn't have windows 10 enterprise, which is the best version



I have an untouched iso of 1803/1804 windows 10 enterprise, PM me @ben2go

 

Thanks, I got it through Windows Media Creation Tool. I had to download it on my son's HP Stream and install it on a USB drive.

 

@ben2go ,
Bootrec /fixmbr
Bootrec /fixboot
Bootrec /scanos
Bootrec /rebuildbcd
ren c:\boot\bcd bcd.old (if above fails)
Bootrec /rebuildbcd
Type "A" for "all" or since this is dual boot, you might have more than 1 entry, so maybe just add the single Windows install you want, if you have more than one.

bcdedit /enum
bcdedit /set {current} bootmenupolicy Standard (for UEFI)
bcdedit /set {current} bootmenupolicy Legacy (for Legacy BIOS)
where {current} is either {Current} or {identifier number}, depending on what bcdedit /enum returns.

If you search on "The Boot Configuration Data file is missing" or "Change Default Operating System In Boot Menu In Windows 10" or
"How to Rebuild the BCD in Windows" or or "Rebuild the Boot Configuration Data to fix some Windows startup issues" something like that , you might find something that helps you.
https://www.laptopmag.com/articles/fix-0xc0000034-error-windows-10

Here's an example of the startup options with bcdedit if using Windows boot manager:
https://www.eightforums.com/threads/startup-options-enable-or-disable-in-windows-8.5245/
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/devtest/adding-boot-entries

 

The original Win 10 was UEFI. This new install is Legacy based. The original install is no longer there. I checked everything and during the reformatting process the 70gb I thought I lost was reincorporated into the new install. So there is no original Acer installed OS. I now have a fresh Win 10 install without all the crap that the manufacture and others preinstall. That's a win for me. Less bloatware to spy on my PC usage and less crap to cause issues.

When I set BIOS to UEFI and reboot, I get an error saying " No bootable media found". When I set it to Legacy and reboot, it looks for my USB drive and then loads Win 10. I think I'm good to go.

Thank you all for the great advice and ideas.