The windows 10 fall upgrade 1709 fails after about 45% mark.. Then gives an error message and returns system to 1703

Anonymous
2017-11-30T19:59:13+00:00

I have tried all the suggestions on my laptop to complete the upgrade to fall creators 1709.  

I have tried the trouble shoot the upgrade (It always fins registry errors after the update...  I run it a couple of times and the second time the registry errors are gone but come back after trying the 1709 update)

I have tried the upgrade by doing the manual update

I have tried resetting all of update... and then trying the update again

I have tried by unplugging the Ethernet cable

I have done a chkdsk c: /f

I have tried Regcure pro (as recommended by Microsoft on a support page - they are a Microsoft partner)

I have tried going back to earlier backups of the laptop..

All end in the same way...

The updates fail after 45% with a old style popup box .. saying windows can not configure one of the system components...

I have tried many options...  but no solution...

I have spent over 80 hours working on this issue...  I really do not want to do a full reinstall of the laptop.... 

Help!!!

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  1. Anonymous
    2017-12-11T12:47:00+00:00

    Hi Andrew,

    Corrupted or incomplete installation can be one of the possible reason why an update may fail. The error message 0xC1900101 - 0x30018 The installation failed in the FIRST_BOOT phase with an error during SYSPREP operation may possibly occur due to incompatible driver or hardware. To assist you better, we'd like to know if you've made any recent changes prior to this issue.

    Meanwhile, we suggest that you follow the steps in this article to troubleshoot Windows update issues. You can choose which version of Windows your experiencing the problem.

    Keep us posted if you need additional help.

    The article was very nice up to the point it indicated a complete wipe of my system...

    There must be a way to know which device Windows 10 fall update is having problems with and then reload that device.

    I went through the procedure with no solution...  right up to the system wipe....

    any other suggestions???

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-12-07T19:39:56+00:00

    Hi Andrew,

    Corrupted or incomplete installation can be one of the possible reason why an update may fail. The error message 0xC1900101 - 0x30018 The installation failed in the FIRST_BOOT phase with an error during SYSPREP operation may possibly occur due to incompatible driver or hardware. To assist you better, we'd like to know if you've made any recent changes prior to this issue.

    Meanwhile, we suggest that you follow the steps in this article to troubleshoot Windows update issues. You can choose which version of Windows your experiencing the problem.

    Keep us posted if you need additional help.

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-12-04T16:18:11+00:00

    I have tried resetting the update process...

    deleting all apps which I use infrequently

    deleting drivers.. Letting them recreate

    Tried the update manually...

    Does anyone have a working solution to help me install this update??

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  4. Anonymous
    2017-12-02T03:45:29+00:00

    I have now resorted to deleting drivers.....

    Still no success...

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  5. Anonymous
    2017-12-01T18:09:39+00:00

    I tried again after deleting my VPN client, VirtualBox, and disabling my Slyfox app

    Still failed...

    I am running out of things to try...

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