Windows 8.1 install - unable to create ramdisk - 0xc1900101-0x20017

Anonymous
2013-10-18T03:27:57+00:00

When I attempt to install Windows 8.1 on my machine from the Windows Store, on boot I receive a blue screen. The error message indicates that the system was unable to create a ramdisk and shows error number 0xc1900101.

On reboot, it restores my original installation and provides the following error code: 0xc1900101-0x20017.

In reading some other topics, it seems drivers may need to be updated, but as far as I know I am up-to-date. Is there a way to identify which driver had a failure?

Also, on other threads with this code, I see no mention of a "ramdisk". Is that a unique problem?

Thanks in advance for the help!

Edit: Let me note my system has no ramdisk software installed whatsoever.

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-10-19T03:55:42+00:00

    Thanks everyone for including your information on this issue. I think it's affecting quite a few folks based on what I've seen.

    To Microsoft - is there a way to identify what specific driver caused the failure? Otherwise it's really a needle-in-a-haystack situation to try to identify the cause. If we could identify that, we could simply fully uninstall the device, perform the upgrade, and then go from there.

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-10-19T01:38:44+00:00

    It's weird, I keep seeing people with SSDs having this issue, I however only have oldschool HDDs, 8gigs of ram, all drivers up to date, tons of HDD space...  Same as Regin, upgrading from XP to 8 was gloriously easy, 8.1 is just broken...

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-10-18T23:49:05+00:00

    I have the same issue. No partitioning, no encryption, drivers up to date, all Windows 8 Pro updates applied. The only issue I can imagine is my BIOS somehow? Updating from Windows 7 to Windows 8 was a dream, so the 8.1 install errors make no sense to me.

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-10-18T23:44:21+00:00

    Exact same error while trying to upgrade to Windows 8.1 Professional with Media Center ...

    I have "only" 4GB Ram .... may be related ?

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  5. Anonymous
    2013-10-18T22:29:12+00:00

    Checking the update log it keeps referring to this failure:

    2013-10-18 23:17:24:447 524 b48 Report REPORT EVENT: {1BD27D22-671F-4B62-8D37-8965A190C2E3} 2013-10-18 23:17:24:353+0100 1 204 [AGENT_INSTALLING_FAILED_POST_REBOOT] 101 {4B0CE879-D94C-4D6D-AAEA-43CC722D6D02} 1 c1900101 WSAcquisition Failure Content Install Installation Failure Post Reboot.

    So I assume the update is trying to do something at reboot level and BIOS is causing a problem?

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