Windows 10 noobs won't see Threshold 2 for a month

[Batu69]

November Update kills the rollback partition

JUST UPGRADED TO Windows 10? Excited about the prospect of the exciting additions that the November Update will bring? Well, you might have to wait a bit longer.

In a classic case of karma hitting dogma, Microsoft has made good on its promise that anyone upgrading from Windows 7 and 8.1 will have a month to change their mind. And therein lies the rub.

Anyone who has already installed the update, codenamed "Threshold 2", will know that this is no simple update. It's a complete reflash of the entire operating system with an updated version. If you haven't done it yet, forewarned is forearmed - you'll need to allow about an hour, depending on your internet speed.

Because it's such a thorough update, and given the limited amount of space on some hard drives, which we all know about from "updategate", the partition that contains your old operating system has to be wiped. As a result, if they let you install it, Microsoft would in effect be breaking its promise about 30 days to roll back. So instead, it's opted to break its promise of Windows-as-a-Service, as its newest users have to wait a month for the latest version.

There is a workaround, involving simply manually downloading the latest version using a USB stick and Microsoft's handy Media Creation Tool. This way you can still preserve all your data.

This all represents yey another example of Microsoft making decisions for you.

All it would have taken is a message saying "If you accept this update, you will no longer be able to roll back to the previous version of Windows". We know it exists, because it pops up if you use Disk Cleanup to remove the partition with your old OS. But no.

Rather, Microsoft has unilaterally decided the best thing is to let its newest converts instantly have an out-of-date OS. Windows 10 and its quest to make everything easy is becoming a little bit Nanny State. We're not Apple users, you know.

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[Holmes]

Microsoft is going about this the wrong way. You want to keep the rollback parition back it up yourself on a usb drive that doesnt solve the issue of microsoft servers detecting you have went after thirty days and are trying to install it again there going to block you from rolling back. You can back up the rollback partition its not going to help you trust me microsoft thought of that doesnt make this right this is bullshit.

[12stones]

Noobs is the name Windows 10 trash hold on back to windows 7