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
    2015-07-18T22:55:20+00:00

    Has there been any developments in identifying thge cause of  0xc1900101-0x20017 errors when upgrading from windows 8.0 to 8.1?  Hopefully MIcrosoft has updated the upgrade process so that the exact cause of the upgrade failure can be added to the upgrade "Panther" logs.

    Bob

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-08-01T12:28:01+00:00

    Ok, So I successfully (though definitely not easily or effortlessly) got windows 8.1 installed and on my computer. 

    Glad you managed to get it working. Could you confirm what motherboard and processor you're using?

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-04-24T13:28:25+00:00

    glad it worked out for you

    i was able to create the SRP without purchasing Paragon Disk Manager by using linux

    lol its because im cheap and didnt want to buy a software just to use it once

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-04-24T09:05:17+00:00

    UPDATE....

    It has worked me finally...  Thanks to jlouis32's post. I did not go to all that extent as I already had a partition of 12GB reserved (OEMRecovery) this was when I first bought the PC with Vista (upgraded to Win 7, Win 8 and finally Win 8.1 respectively)

    This is what I did and it worked

    1. Purchased Paragon Disk Manager
    2. Renamed OEMRecovery Partition to "System Reserved" (without "")
    3. Formated the partition to NTFS file system from "FAT32"
    4. Went to Windows Store and clicked upgrade......... and finally after about an hour or so..... all done...

    For a safer side, I have used Advanced Tokens Manager to backup all the activation details.... so that in the near future if anything goes wrong, I do not have to go all the way, installing win 8, and 8.1 again and go through the activation process etc....

    I think the issue is all about the recovery partition; probably win8.1 upgrade is using that to install on the active partition (i.e my C drive)

    Good Luck to all that are looking for answers to resolve this issue, I hope this process works for everyone that are stuck. Probably Microsoft should reward us in some form for doing all that time consuming R & D

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  5. Anonymous
    2014-04-23T00:45:09+00:00

    forgot to mention*** clear the recycle bin after deleting the contents of the software distribution folder and prior to restarting wuauserv and bits

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