What did I do wrong here? (SSD Horror Story)

[Computers Taste Like Metal]

Yesterday I decided to install my Windows 8.1 onto my new SSD.

After booting to windows, I made sure everything was in order then wiped my old HDD to use as storage.

Until something wasn't working.

msvcp100.dll is missing.

That error message that makes me shudder whenever I think about it.

I tried to load up my admin software for my Rust Game Server.

msvcp100.dll is missing
msvcp100.dll is missing
msvcp100.dll is missing

I looked online for solutions, feverish, on an empty stomach.

"You're missing the Vision C++ Redistributible!"

"Just download the dll from the internet!"

"Update windows!"

I noticed I had no C++ or .net drivers installed and installing them from the internet had prerequisites...

I needed some important windows updates.

I thought, OK, I'll just update my windows!

Nope.

Failed to find any updates, and when I DID find updates they didn't load.

8 hours later, I decided to reinstall windows and try again.

Didn't work.

So, at 1:30 in the morning, I gave up.

I'm going to be getting Windows 10, because trying to get updates for win8 is too hard.

(Do you all think windows 10 will fix this issue?)

And was the issue with updates and the missing msvcp100.dll my fault?

 

[atljsf]

install visual c++ in both 32 and 64 bit versions, i could swear i had that problem on my new pc last month

about windows 10, it is the same as windows 8 but more friendly and a little bit less annoying with updates

 

[rgd1101]

MERGED QUESTION
Question from Computers Taste Like Metal : "Reinstalled windows 8.1, now getting msvcr100.dll is missing error"

Hello everyone, I've recently had to reinstall my windows 8.1 to my PC, and when doing so I did a complete reinstall.

It loaded up fine, but when I tried to open an app (RustAdmin), it said that msvcr100.dll was missing.

I've read online that I need to install the latest microsoft c++ software, but I tried doing it from the site and that didn't work.

I also tried to just download that .dll from a website but that just caused a different error.

I've tried to update my windows but that's not working either. Should I just get windows 10?

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48145

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48145

Did not work.

 

[rgd1101]

MERGED QUESTION
Question from Computers Taste Like Metal : "Windows 8.1 Not updating"

Hello all, I recently had to do a reinstall of Windows 8.1, but it didn't install the important .net framework and the Vision C++ drivers. I need to update windows to get them, but when I check for updates, it says I have about 2000MB of updates to install but when I click 'Install' it just gets stuck on 0% Downloaded, and there's no network usage, so it's not downloading it.

Had the same issue a few weeks ago.
Freezing has an immediate fix after: Control Panel>System and Security>Administrative Tools, open Services. Find Windows Update, right click Stop.

This is how I fixed the main issue:

1. Open Windows Update

2. Where it says (or may say) something along the lines of "x important updates selected"
Click on that.

3. It should open a list view where you are displayed a tick box for each individual update.

4. Untick all of them, including the optional updates which you may have available.

5. Tick one update on the Important Updates section, I started from the bottom.

6. Then click Install. It should bring you back to the progress bar screen.

7. Wait a minute or so until the preparing has finished, you should notice some text underneath the progress bar that reads "0%".
This is a good sign and shows that it's starting.

--- (When a large amount of updates are selected it always used to freeze on 0% for me. After selecting one or two at a time it would soon show 5% etc...)

9. After that the update will continue downloading, sometimes it freezes on 5% but this is ok as later on it will show you a completed screen where you can restart your PC.

10. Repeat this as long as it takes to get all the updates done. After you can try two or three updates at a time.

Hope this helps.

 

[USAFRet]

Yesterday I decided to install my Windows 8.1 onto my new SSD.

The way to install an OS on a new drive, is either to disconnect ALL other drives and install, or do a full clone from old to new.

 

[Computers Taste Like Metal]

Yesterday I decided to install my Windows 8.1 onto my new SSD.

The way to install an OS on a new drive, is either to disconnect ALL other drives and install, or do a full clone from old to new.

That's what I did: Installed onto SSD, then wiped HDD.

 

[Computers Taste Like Metal]

And do you all think windows 10 will not have these issues with updating/missing DLL?

 

[USAFRet]

Yesterday I decided to install my Windows 8.1 onto my new SSD.

The way to install an OS on a new drive, is either to disconnect ALL other drives and install, or do a full clone from old to new.

That's what I did: Installed onto SSD, then wiped HDD.

That's not what it sounded like.
And you did this install with only the SSD connected?
And verified it booted up properly after?

 

[Computers Taste Like Metal]

Yesterday I decided to install my Windows 8.1 onto my new SSD.

The way to install an OS on a new drive, is either to disconnect ALL other drives and install, or do a full clone from old to new.

That's what I did: Installed onto SSD, then wiped HDD.

That's not what it sounded like.
And you did this install with only the SSD connected?
And verified it booted up properly after?

Yes. The issue was that windows 8.1 would not update after fresh install

 

[atljsf]

well, it is not the first time windows 8 fils to do something, i hve seen it do that

did you downloaded the latest version of the windows 8.1 iso? from microsoft?

what tool did you used to install, a usb?

 

[Computers Taste Like Metal]

well, it is not the first time windows 8 fils to do something, i hve seen it do that

did you downloaded the latest version of the windows 8.1 iso? from microsoft?

what tool did you used to install, a usb?

I used CD+Key

 

[atljsf]

download a new iso, don't use a old windows 8 form a old cd

download the latest one, use the official windows tool

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows8ISO

there, select the version of the license, home or professional and download

you can use rufus or any other tool to create a usb bootable device, install from it and then remember to install visual c++ in both 32 and 64 bit versions

 

[Computers Taste Like Metal]

download a new iso, don't use a old windows 8 form a old cd

download the latest one, use the official windows tool

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows8ISO

there, select the version of the license, home or professional and download

you can use rufus or any other tool to create a usb bootable device, install from it and then remember to install visual c++ in both 32 and 64 bit versions

I've already ordered Windows 10, just going to use that instead. But, thanks for the help anyway!

 

[atljsf]

with the new windows, do the same, download the newest iso from this link

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

after you finish installing, inser the key you bought, the usb or disc you boughtsurely is from las year, the iso will be newer taking less time applying updates

after that, remember to install visual c in both 32 and 64 bit versions

the tool will ask you if you want a usb or a iso, with the iso you can do later a usb, with the usb, you basically need to download the file again, i do like more to have the iso for later use