Windows Update stuck at 25%

[ctitanic]

Coming on the record on case that this happens to somebody else. I got the latest anniversary update today. The update got stuck al 25% and after more than 2 hours waiting I decided to do something about it. I removed the microSD card from the bay and to my surprise the update continued and ended without any more issues.

 

[Private Kowalski]

Thank you so much! This saved me what I'm sure would have been hours of endless binging. Once I popped the microSD card out the update progressed happily along.

 

[ctitanic]

I was sure that posting it in this site was going to help a lot of Surface owners.

 

[anthonylei]

I got stucked at 83%, tried to remove the SD card, no luck for me

 

[ScottyS]

Having the mSD card in the slot seems to be an issue when re-installing Windows from a USB drive too.