UpdateInsider is an easier way to update your 'native boot' Windows (Insider) installations. You probably see thing like this when trying to update your Windows:
So with this script, you can update your Windows easily without that error and without putting the vhd into a vm!
The installation process takes around 2hr and 15min (tested on Windows 10 with Pentium Dual-Core T4300, 2GB ram, SSD) and your process maybe quicker depends on your machine.
Support for both amd64 and arm64 (aarch64)
Tip: You can use this to quickly test Windows for Arm on QEMU without install it (which takes really long time!). See notes below.
- 13/2/2022: The author has changed the domain from
uupdump.mltouupdump.net
The Python script will find the lastest update available using uupdump.net, then download the packages and convert them into iso by uupdump tools. The iso will be mounted and extract to vhd/vhdx file. Reboot and you will have a new installation!
- Python 3.7 (require bs4 and requests). You can use the portable version from Release
- Windows 8 and later (Fixing bugs on Windows 7)
- 16GB of free space to convert (not include the vhd size). It will be freed after use.
- A network connection
Before do this, make sure that your cmd is run as Administrator You must have a created vhd.
- Normal install (if you have installed Python yet)
git clone git://github.com/raspiduino/updateinsider.git
cd updateinsider
updateinsider.py- Portable version: Download from Release page and unzip it then run
python.exe updateinsider.py
After starting the script, it will ask for the following info:
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| arch | The architecture you want to download and install to the VHD (it can be amd64 or arm64 (aarch64)) |
| rings | The rings you want to download (it can be retail (Normal release, auto choose the lastest version), rp) (Release preview), wis (Slow ring) or wif (Fast ring)) |
| lang | Pick a language (get a list of language from uupdump.net). Example: en-us should be a great start! |
| edition | Pick 1 edition (it can be core, coren, professional, professionaln). For arm64 it can only be core and professional! |
| vhd | Enter your vhd/vhdx file path. Remember not to include the quotation marks ("") in the path. You must also replace '' with '\'! |
| driveletter | Choose a drive letter to mount your vhd/vhdx file. It should be only one letter for all the time you run this script. Example: 'V' |
| isodriveletter | Choose a drive letter to mount iso file. It doesn't matter, so pick up one randomly! |
If you want to use this to quickly test Windows 10 for ARM64 on QEMU, please don't use bcdboot with the vhd file. Please follow the instructions to boot that vhd in QEMU.
- When you run this scripts, it will format your vhd, so if you need to keep your files stored in that vhd, saved it to another drive. (We are working to do this automaticly)
- For some reason if the console is closed when the script is running (like electricity went out), please check the root of current drive if there is a folder called MountUUP. If this folder exists, run cmd as Administrator and do the following:
dism /Unmount-image /MountDir:MountUUP /Discard
Then delete the tmp folder in scripts folder and restart the script.
Special thanks to:
- whatever127 and other uupdump contributors (uupdump.net)
- abbodi1406 and other uup-converter-wimlib contributors (uup-converter-wimlib)
- Leonard Richardson and other BeautifulSoup contributors (BeautifulSoup4)
- And other libs...
Under MIT license
Auto backup files before installing to vhd/vhdx, then restore it after installed.