Windows 10 Media Creation Tool Error: 0x80042405 - 0xA001A

Anonymous
2017-11-16T13:39:26+00:00

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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  1. Anonymous
    2018-06-02T10:41:44+00:00

    Just boots my usb out for a few secs at 56% and then gives an error..

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-06-01T14:02:13+00:00

    Please help. This doesn't work for me

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-05-31T10:17:28+00:00

    I, too, kept getting Error Code 0x80042405-0xA001A. But this time it worked.

    I used Edge to download the Media Creation tool (Firefox downloads always failed).

    Next, the version of Win 10 was updated to v.1803 so that it matched the downloaded file (MediaCreationTool1803).

    This may be the key: I used the long format app on the drive. Using quick format always resulted in the run failure (0x80042405-0xA001A).

    Also, I used the trick of copying the MediaCreationTool from downloads to the USB before Opening it to run.

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-05-28T15:02:46+00:00

    I had the problem myself. Don't know why but after about the 5th time trying it just worked as it should. We should not have to go through these hoops to use Microsofts own tools. Shameful. I found this post after it finally just worked so I could try to find out why the error and use the methods for next time. Thanks for all the tips to try. This was the first time it did not work the first time on my laptop which I am admin of. Thank god for my easy to use chromebook that I now spend most of my time on.

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  5. Anonymous
    2018-05-24T13:20:29+00:00

    Worked for me, too. Thanks!

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