[Case Closed; No Solution] Windows 10 keeps failing update to 1903

Anonymous
2019-09-20T12:49:46+00:00

Hello,

I'm currently running 1803 and every single time I am trying to upgrade to 1903 I got a BSOD with a PFN List Corrupt.

  1. I have tried several method: let Windows Update download and install; Creating a Win10 installation Media in USB
  2. I have more than 43GB of free space.
  3. I've run File System checker, CheckDisk, and any other tool / utility

The other day I change MSConfig and select selective startup to disable other services/programs to load and after rebooting my PC couldn't even find Windows booting to a Boot Manager where only Windows 7 was an option (??????) (My original OS was Win7 but I upgrade to Win10 through Microsoft Upgrade Program) but no trail of Win7 neither. I used a third-party boot utility that fix the boot and I'm again in Win10 that keeps reminding me that I have an old version, that I would not get more updates and I have to upgrade... but the damn update keeps failing after download, reboot, install and after the 2 or 3 reboot in the installation process I got the ERROR.

I need like 2 restarts to see see the message saying is putting all back to previous state and then boot again and still ion ver 1803.

Please advice. I have tried all those canned solutions people post on forums with no difference.

Thanks.

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  1. Anonymous
    2019-09-20T17:32:11+00:00

    Hello Sumit,

    PC is ready for a "restart and update" option in the Power menu. Y run Ms-config to disable any startup program and only allow Microsoft services. I cleaned all the logs in event viewer to get some fresh ones, so when I get home I will try to update again and see what I get and send logs if necessary.

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  2. SD - IA 179.3K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2019-09-20T12:53:48+00:00

    Hi David,
    I am Sumit, an Independent Advisor and a 2-Year Windows Insider MVP here to help.

    Do you still get a BSOD, after Restoring Windows 10 again?
    Let us check the Installation log to find why the update failed. Please share the logs as mentioned in this article. You should use a File sharing service like Onedrive or Media Fire to upload files and share the link in the next reply.

    https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/for...

    The Panther logs. Files named Setupact.log and Setuperr.log from the following path C:$Windows.~BT\Sources\Panther

    The Rollback logs: These usually are created if Windows Update rolls back. Files named Setupact.log and Setuperr.log from the following path C:$Windows.~BT\Sources\Rollback

    [Only if the error code is 0xC1900101-0x30018] The Device Install Log from C:/$Windows.~bt\Sources\Rollback\setupapi\setupapi.dev.log

    As the log size might be large consider zipping before uploading.

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