[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
    2019-11-10T14:45:43+00:00

    Saltgrass,

    I don't understand how is reporting a file that is not there at all.

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  2. Anonymous
    2019-11-10T15:11:19+00:00

    A memory.dmp file is kept in the Windows partition.  It may not be that after the failed upgrade, the file is removed because the system deems it corrupted.

    I haven't forgotten about you and I have four other folks for which I cannot find a cause for the failures in the logs.  But one user did have the Blue Screens after updating and it was his graphics driver.

    I have been going back and checking the logs but it is frustrating because I don't have and training or references as to what to look for and what is important and what is not.

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  3. Anonymous
    2019-11-10T19:14:38+00:00

    Is there a chance your have a file named setupapi.dev.log included with the other Panther folder files?

    If so, make it available or look at it yourself and check the date of the entries and look for ! on the left hand side of the listing.  You may ever see !!! on some.  You can check the ones with the most ! marks and see what .inf file installs it and a description of what it is..

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