Windows 10: June 2021 Cumulative Update Bricked my SSD - What Now?

Hello!I’ve been limping an old computer along for a while for budgetary reasons and the most recent Windows update appears to have bricked it. Initially, instead of shutting down, it rebooted and said “Reboot and Select Proper Boot Device.”I went into the BIOS and all of the startup settings were “disabled,” so I set it to boot from the SSD as normal. I ran into the same error. I found my Windows 10 install DVD and tried to boot from the disk after selecting “repair my computer” - this gave me a “disk read error.”I am now just looking at a black screen with a single _ flashing on it and it jus

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June 2016 Cumulative Update impacted my Desktop

Hi,



I understand your concern and will assist you to resolve the issue.



I suggest you to uninstall the Cumulative update and check if it helps.

Follow the steps below.

• 
  Go to control panel, then click on
  Programs and Features.
  
• 
  Tap on View installed updates, then find the update.
  
• 
  Right click on the update and uninstall the update.
  

And also you can temporarily disable the
Cumulative update.

Refer the link below.

How to temporarily prevent a Windows or driver update from reinstalling in Windows 10.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3073930



Keep us posted on this issue so that we can assist you better.

 

Update of a Brick

Old timer here- HELP? The brick is a fanlees ACEPC with limited EMMC (slow) memory -Not enough room to update from Windows Version 1909 . I have an SSD installed .
1) Can I move ,copy, or install latest home version on the SSD & trigger machine to start from there?
2) Will this help the speed issue if all programs are on the SSD?
3)Steps to move forward?

 

May and June Cumulative Updates Fail to Install

I receive the following message for both May KB4100403 and June KB4284835 2018 Cumulative Updates to Windows 10, version 1803 for x64-based systems:

There were problems installing some updates, but we'll try again later. If you keep seeing this and want to search the web or contact support for information, this may help:

2018-05 Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems (KB4100403) -Error 0x800706ba

2018-06 Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems (KB4284835) -Error 0x800706ba

Last failed install attempt on ‎21/‎06/‎2018 - 0x80240034

Other updates such as definition updates for Windows Defender Antivirus download and install OK.

Any suggestions please?