"Couldn't update to Windows 8.1 - 0xC1900101 - 0x40017"

Anonymous
2013-10-17T13:29:23+00:00

I have downloaded the Windows 8.1 update from the store but cannot get it to install. Each time I try, I get to the point where it is "getting my devices ready", then the PC restarts to a blue screen with error message. It then tries to recover the installation, fails, then restores Windows 8. When the system boots up after this, I get a message saying:

"Couldn't update to Windows 8.1

Sorry, we couldn't complete the update to Windows 8.1. We've restored your previous version of Windows to this PC.

0xC1900101 - 0x40017"

There is n o explanation as to why the update could be completed. Any ideas how to resolve this?

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-10-23T09:05:56+00:00

    Yeh, I got the cheap 8 upgrade from 7, is it *really* that which is broken? Surely not everyone here took that path?

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-10-23T08:41:41+00:00

    This problem 0xc1900101 -0x20017 is caused when you purchased this cheap upgrade 

    from windows 7 to windows 8  some time ago. I installed this upgrade on a pre-installed

    windows 8 laptop and it works without a problem!However on my own laptop (installed with

    this cheap windows 7 to windows 8 upgrade)i tried it 6 times and it still does not work!

    Somehow MS wants you to buy the full version of windows 8 before upgrading to 8.1.....

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-10-23T07:21:37+00:00

    After trying multiple times and always ending up with the error, even after I updated all my apps and nVidia drivers, my fix was simple!

    - Remove Steelseries drivers (I was using a mouse by them)

    Worked fine after removing this, no problems at all with the update.

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-10-23T04:50:11+00:00

    Wait for 8.2 or 9 and hope to God Microsoft gets their act together by then?  Seriously, that's all I've got left.  My colleagues won't touch it now even though I told them it couldn't hurt.  The thought being if I can't do it then they won't even try.

    I have 187 Steam apps installed, so I for one am not going to start over from day 1 to get 8.1.

    I have done everything possible minus starting from day one and ripping my video card out of the machine (which really sucks, because I have an nForce motherboard with an onboard nvidia video card - likely to fail too if Microsoft hates nvidia).

    So unless anyone has another miracle cure, I am beat.

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  5. Anonymous
    2013-10-23T02:46:39+00:00

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