Feature update to Windows 10, version 1709 fails to install

Once again, thank you. 

1. i did read in asus rog forums that disabling smart might help. see this

https://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?92349-Windows-Creator-Update-Installation-Failure-on-GL502VS-workaround

what are your thoughts?

2. Yes, time and settings is correct.

Leave SMART ON. I think that is entirely within the HDD & has nothing to do with Windows installation, only with HDD diagnostics. I would leave Secure Boot ON too for now, although some recommend turning it OFF for problem solving purposes. It never was a problem for me. Let's see how it goes with it ON first, since Robert has confirmed the current problem to be a malformed BCD. It's possible Windows does something with that setting during the installation, & ON is better.

(1) Did you boot to the external recovery environment & check that the BCD backup you made is accessible there, that C:\ is still C:\ (hasn't switched to D:\ or another letter), & that BCDEdit will run there? I urge you to do so!

(2) I see in the extracts that Robert posted of your logs that your computer appears to be "Locale = en-US". Please confirm that at "START, Settings, Time & Language, Region & Language"...

(3) OK, I'll get to work on instructions to run BCDBoot. It will default to "US English". The URL I posted above...

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/36029.windows-10-troubleshooting-error-upgrading-to-build-1607-0x80070057-0x2000a.aspx

Windows 10 Troubleshooting: Error upgrading to build 1607, 0x80070057-0x2000A

...suggests we put a letter on the system partition & rename the current BCD. It's a good idea to use the letter, since you've got two system partitions (the second being on the D: drive). It won't hurt to rename the current BCD, as that will provide a second backup.

But let me nose around a bit. I'll post full instructions later.

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.16299.248]

(c) 2017 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>bcdboot /?

Bcdboot - Bcd boot file creation and repair tool.

The bcdboot.exe command-line tool is used to copy critical boot files to the

system partition and to create a new system BCD store.

bcdboot <source> [/l <locale>] [/s <volume-letter> [/f <firmware>]] [/v]

                 [/m [{OS Loader ID}]] [/addlast] [/p] [/c]

source     Specifies the location of the windows system root.

/l         Specifies an optional locale parameter to use when

             initializing the BCD store. The default is US English.

/s         Specifies an optional volume letter parameter to designate

             the target system partition where boot environment files are

             copied.  The default is the system partition identified by

             the firmware.

/v         Enables verbose mode.

/m         If an OS loader GUID is provided, this option merges the

             given loader object with the system template to produce a

             bootable entry. Otherwise, only global objects are merged.

/d         Specifies that the existing default windows boot entry

             should be preserved.

/f         Used with the /s command, specifies the firmware type of the

             target system partition. Options for <firmware> are 'UEFI',

             'BIOS', or 'ALL'.

/addlast   Specifies that the windows boot manager firmware entry

             should be added last. The default behavior is to add it

             first.

/p         Specifies that the windows boot manager firmware entry

             position should be preserved. If entry does not exist,

             new entry will be added in the first position.

/c         Specifies that any existing objects described by the template

             should not be migrated.

Examples: bcdboot c:\windows /l en-us

          bcdboot c:\windows /s h:

          bcdboot c:\windows /s h: /f UEFI

          bcdboot c:\windows /m {d58d10c6-df53-11dc-878f-00064f4f4e08}

          bcdboot c:\windows /d /addlast

          bcdboot c:\windows /p

C:\WINDOWS\system32>

Thank you man. You and PCR might able to crack this thing.

1. is it related to disabling SMART, SECURE boot in BIOS?

I have down loaded the KB4057291 and installed first. And thereafter 4073290 and 4058258.I problem solved.

Here are some files from the $WINDOWS BT folder. (today)

Looks like PCR has you on the right tack.  There is something wrong with your BCD so it can't be changed by the update.

Here is SetupAct.log saying what the state is and what's next

2018-02-18 16:31:37, Info                  SP       Operation (completed): Save SAM and SECURITY hives

2018-02-18 16:31:37, Info                  SP       Operation (remaining): Add boot entry for C:$WINDOWS.~BT\NewOS\WINDOWS. Locale = en-US

Then that (time) gives some context for these SetupErr.log items

2018-02-18 16:31:37, Error                 IBSLIB Failed to export alterations to firmware. Status: c000000d[gle=0x00000002]

2018-02-18 16:31:38, Error                 SP     Failed to close the system store. Status = [c000000d]

2018-02-18 16:31:38, Error                 SP     CAddBootEntry: Failure while adding the boot entry. Error: 0x80070057[gle=0x00000057]

2018-02-18 16:31:38, Error                 IBSLIB Failed to export alterations to firmware. Status: c000000d[gle=0x00000057]

2018-02-18 16:31:38, Error                 SP     Operation failed: Add boot entry for C:$WINDOWS.~BT\NewOS\WINDOWS. Locale = en-US. Error: 0x80070057[gle=0x000000b7]

2018-02-18 16:31:38, Error                 SP     Operation execution failed: 10. hr = 0x80070057[gle=0x000000b7]

2018-02-18 16:31:38, Error                 SP     CSetupPlatformPrivate::Execute: Execution of operations queue failed, abandoning. Error: 0x80070057[gle=0x000000b7]

and that's the end of that in both files.   There are other Info and Warning messages in the SetupAct.log that add to the symptom description but these are sufficient to demonstrate there is a problem with your BCD.   So, if we figure out a way to change these symptoms there will be a chance to change the whole result.

HTH

Robert