**.**However, when I formatted the usb drive NTSF it worked flawlessly. I was able to boot my crashing pc from the usb drive and reinstall windows 10.
This is finally what worked for me. Thank you
Windows 10 Media Creation Tool Error: 0x80042405 - 0xA001A
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Anonymous
Greetings,
Recently, I have seen many people inquiring about this error regarding the Media Creation Tool. I myself got this error when I try to create a bootable USB drive (aka Create an Installable Media).
Here's what I tried:
Reformatting USB drive to FAT32
Deleting files
Tried to locate and run Setupprep.exe (I couldn't find this file in C:\$Windows.~BT\Sources or anywhere)
Change Startup Type of Update-Related Services (Startup Type: Manual -> Automatic)
Uninstalled and Reinstall Windows 10 Media Creation Tool
Made sure my USB is above 8Gb as instructed by the tool (it is 15Gb)
The Fix (for me at least):
1. Downloadthe Windows 10 Media Creation Tool directlyinto the USB drive that you want to use as a bootable device (meaning you download the Tool into the same USB you chose to use as an Installation Media). If you already downloaded the tool on your PC's Desktop, copy it into your USB.
2. Run the Tool directly from your USB, meaning you open File Explorer, locate the MediaCreationTool.exe in your USB and double-click to run it.
The installer should then create an Installation Media/Bootable USB.
Hope this helps!
Cheers,
Tom
Windows for home | Windows 10 | Install and upgrade
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Anonymous
2018-01-08T02:52:50+00:00 I specifically run as admin the last time, but DID NOT work :(
Did you format the usb drive as NTSF rather than FAT32? NTSF formatting allows for larger file transfers.
Good luck!
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Anonymous
2018-01-07T03:10:20+00:00 I specifically run as admin the last time, but DID NOT work :(
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Anonymous
2018-01-07T02:43:06+00:00 It worked for me! Thanks!
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Anonymous
2018-01-06T18:08:26+00:00 Thanks for the reply but as I stated in my post I got round the problem by downloading the Windows 10 directly to the PC and then from the PC to the USB.
regards