I suppose it would help to add, I was getting the "There's something wrong" headline followed by first an error code "E102", then after it unsuccessfully would not update, it would become "E101". That cycle, over and over. Would not reset would not do anything.
3 solid weeks of trying every darn...
My xbox was on the 19401.2583. update and the console had bricked. I tried everything, finally I installed my 500 gig laptop hard drive in the xbox, unplugged the internet, and ran this update via thumb drive and it WORKED! Didn't partition or format the drive, and that is truth! Had to share...