As the hours ticked by, John's frustration grew. He was on the verge of giving up when he stumbled upon a Google Support page that mentioned a possible cause of the issue: a conflict between Google Drive and a third-party backup tool.

Navigate to C:\Program Files\Google\Drive File Stream\Drivers and delete the contents. Reboot normally and attempt the installation again.

The error message "A partially deleted previous installation was detected"

Before diving into deep system folders, try these basic steps that resolve a majority of installation conflicts.