Windows 8.1 installation error 0x80070004

Anonymous
2013-10-17T12:56:28+00:00

I got the following message while updating Windows 8 to 8.1 from the Store (translated from hungarian):

An error had occured and the installation of Windows 8.1 was unsuccessful. Try again. Error code: 0x80070004

The event log shows the following:

"Telepítési hiba: A Windows 0x80070004 hiba miatt nem tudta telepíteni a következő frissítést: Hungarian ESD Bundle Parent."

In english: Installation error: Windows could not isntall the following update: Hungarian ESD Bundle Parent, with error 0x80070004.

What should I do?

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Anonymous
2013-12-10T01:08:25+00:00

Hi,

If you receive error 0x80070004 when you install Windows 8.1, please first check the following:

1.      This error may occur if you are using symbolic links (via the mklink command) to redirect your user profile to another drive.  If so, you can resolve this by restoring your user profile to the system drive by following the steps in KB 2876597.

2.      This error may also occur if you have a corrupt user profile.  To check for this:

·         Open the System Properties (Type “System” at the Start screen, and then select “System”.)

·         Select Advanced system settings.

·         In the Advanced tab, under User Profiles, select Settings.

·         Try to log into any profiles you see listed here.  If you’re unable to log in, that profile may be corrupt.  Return to the User Profiles in Advanced system settings and delete the corrupt profile.  If you see any profiles listed as “Unknown” or that otherwise look corrupt, delete those profiles as well.

·         Try creating a new administrator profile and try installing Windows 8.1 from the new profile.  You can find steps for creating a new profile and copying the old profile to the new one at Fix a corrupted user profile.  (This was written for Vista, but the steps are similar.  You can find Folder Options for displaying hidden system files in the Control Panel, under Appearance and Personalization.)

If you’ve confirmed that you’ve tried all of these steps and you’re still receiving error 0x80070004 when installing Windows 8.1, we would like to collect more information to try to identify additional causes.  Please run this automated utility, which will collect log files and send them to Microsoft.  (You can also choose to save the information to your desktop.)  If you get a message that says the utility has already expired, that means we have already collected enough sample files. 

This log analysis may take some time.  We will post a fix or solution as soon as additional sources for this error are confirmed.  We appreciate your help in collecting this information.

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-01-17T14:17:46+00:00

    As my computer was restarting every two hours following 8.1 Previews licence expiration, I got fed up.

    I backed ALL my files to dropbox and I reinstalled Windows 8 from the following link using my original Windows 8 licence number.

    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/upgrade-product-key-only

    Only seems to work on the 'delete everything start fresh' option, trying to keep files and settings won't.

    I'm currently attempting to download the official 8.1 update. Will let you know how it goes.

    Just upgraded to Windows 8.1 - everything working fine.

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-01-17T12:03:11+00:00

    As my computer was restarting every two hours following 8.1 Previews licence expiration, I got fed up.

    I backed ALL my files to dropbox and I reinstalled Windows 8 from the following link using my original Windows 8 licence number.

    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/upgrade-product-key-only

    Only seems to work on the 'delete everything start fresh' option, trying to keep files and settings won't.

    I'm currently attempting to download the official 8.1 update. Will let you know how it goes.

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-01-17T06:52:05+00:00

    Hello, Sridharan!

    All the same.

    Look for  C:$Windows.~BT\Sources\Panther\setuperr.log

    Copy that file to this thread or upload to SkyDrive and share it.

    You have had the error at 87%, аnd I want to look at your log.

    Thank You!

    Same story here ..... days, countless hours and I moved from 72% to 87%

    here is the log:

      2014-01-17 01:45:19, Error      [0x08039d] MIG    Cannot add mapping for user profile C:\Users\Krushyn. Error: 1016: Win32Exception: An I/O operation initiated by the registry failed unrecoverably. The registry could not read in, or write out, or flush, one of the files that contain the system's image of the registry. [0x000003F8] __cdecl Mig::CIndirectKeyMapper::CIndirectKeyMapper(class UnBCL::String *,struct HKEY__ *,class UnBCL::String *,class UnBCL::String *,int,int,const Mig::HiveLoadRetryOptions *)[gle=0x000000cb]

    2014-01-17 01:45:19, Error      [0x080801] MIG    User profile loading error. Aborting due to external request.[gle=0x000000cb]

    2014-01-17 01:45:19, Error                        MigStartupOnline caught exception: Win32Exception: User profile loading error. Aborting due to external request.: The specified user does not have a valid profile. [0x000004E5] void __cdecl Mig::COnlineWinNTPlatform::ProcessUser(class Mig::CRegistryDataStore *,class Mig::CRegistryDataUnit *,class UnBCL::String *,class UnBCL::String *,int,int)

    2014-01-17 01:45:19, Error                 SP     pSPDoMainGather: Engine initialization failed with error: 0x00000004

    2014-01-17 01:45:19, Error                 SP     CGatherData: Migration phase failed. Status: 4[gle=0x00000012]

    2014-01-17 01:45:19, Error                 SP     Operation failed: Gather data, scope: User accounts and documents. Error: 0x80070004[gle=0x000000b7]

    2014-01-17 01:45:19, Error                 MOUPG  MoSetupPlatform: ExecuteCurrentOperations reported failure![gle=0x000000b7]

    2014-01-17 01:45:19, Error                 MOUPG  MoSetupPlatform: Using transform error code: [0x80070004][gle=0x000000b7]

    2014-01-17 01:45:19, Error                 MOUPG  CDlpTransformDataMigrate::MigrateData(1382): Result = 0x80070004[gle=0x000000b7]

    2014-01-17 01:45:19, Error                 MOUPG  CDlpTransformDataMigrate::TransformFile(1065): Result = 0x80070004[gle=0x000000b7]

    2014-01-17 01:45:19, Error                 MOUPG  CDlpTransformDataMigrate::Execute(527): Result = 0x80070004

    2014-01-17 01:45:20, Error                 MOUPG  CDlpTask::ExecuteTransform(3154): Result = 0x80070004

    2014-01-17 01:45:20, Error                 MOUPG  CDlpTask::ExecuteTransforms(3327): Result = 0x80070004

    2014-01-17 01:45:20, Error                 MOUPG  CDlpTask::Execute(1550): Result = 0x80070004

    2014-01-17 01:45:20, Error                 MOUPG  CSetupManager::ExecuteTask(1158): Result = 0x80070004

    2014-01-17 01:45:20, Error                 MOUPG  CSetupManager::ExecuteTask(1123): Result = 0x80070004

    2014-01-17 01:45:20, Error                 MOUPG  CSetupManager::Execute(404): Result = 0x80070004

    2014-01-17 01:45:20, Error                 MOUPG  CDlpTask::RestartTransform(2444): Result = 0xC1800107

    2014-01-17 01:45:22, Error                 SP     CSqmSession::SetSQMEndTime: Failed to set EndTime for datapoint with Id = 12576. Datapoint not found

    2014-01-17 01:45:22, Error                 SP     Failed to set SQM end time. hr = 0x80070490

    2014-01-17 01:45:22, Error                 MOUPG  Finalize: Error reporting finalize time: [0x80004005]

    2014-01-17 01:45:35, Error                 MOUPG  CSetupHost::Execute(204): Result = 0x80070004

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-01-14T19:48:44+00:00

    I'm still having this issue.

    My users etc are all in C: I've never touched or moved them. I keep getting a notification telling me that from tomorrow it will restart every two hours until I upgrade from 8.1 Preview to 8.1.

    I've tried reinstalling Windows 7 but I get another error code 0x80070005. It's really irritating me now - I don't see why my computer should restart every two hours when I can't upgrade to 8.1.

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