Upgrade to WIndows 11 from Win 10Pro 22H2

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Overview: running Win10 pro in 16GB RAM on a Minisforum UM700 (just under 3 years old], AMD Ryzen Mobile 3750H. 256 GB SSD with 95 GB free...

Upgrade continually fails. My hardware is just fine (in spec}, I have 96GB of drive space,. I have spent 4 days on this, Tried the "Upgrade assisyant" - [Cryptic Installation failed message}, tried via newly d/l'd ISO [fails with error 0x8007007f], I have tried from a USB drive created in Media Creator [fails with cryptic message "Installation has failed" in a Windows system dialog box].

I have run SFC /SCANNOW and whatever the other recommended utility is to verify system integrity.

I have scoured the forums and worn out Google search - PLEASE someone help me! I thought MS wanted [nay are begging] us to upgrade, yet this is a nightmare. Thankfully I have started the process in plenty of time before the Day of Death in October. I see from the forums that I am far from alone in this problem, and yet, no clear resolution seems to be available,

I don't want to upgrade - my system in 10 is stable and I know where everything lives If I can't get resolution I shall be forced to finally go over to Linux and all the complications that would entail.

Insult to injury, MS are killing off Skype which has been the core of my comms forever.

I hope someone out there can solve this with clear concise instructions - no, I do not want to do a clean install: that is not what MS promised when they unleashed the mandatory upgrade on us.

Thanks in advance.

Noel

PS The upgrade install seems to fail when it tries to reboot at the end of the process, despite having "checked my system" at the outset....

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Ramesh 181.8K Volunteer Moderator

Glad to hear that, Noel.

Thank you for the update :)

// No clean boot (I did that once and it borked the machine to the point where I had to restore from Image] //

Clean boot is a very safe procedure. The problem happens mostly because the user forgets to enable the "Hide all Microsoft Services" checkbox before clicking the "Disable all" button.)

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Ramesh 181.8K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator

2025-03-24T18:11:56+00:00
I forged ahead being careful about the drive letter syntax. This is all reminiscent of DOS and CPM days.

I'll post the snap of the output, but have go come out of PE..and use my computer

04 30 UTC is 0030 where I am and I'll be asleep ! Lets pick this up tomorrow after 1400 UTC

Thanks for your persistence. It's not meant to be be this hard , acvording to MS...

Sure, 1400 UTC will be OK.

Meanwhile:
1. FYI, here's a resolved thread where the OP faced the same issue. https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_11-wintop_update/cant-updated-to-windows-11-24h2-error-0x80004005/d60bce02-cf7f-4256-90ba-c0ae85bc9515?messageId=2169a10d-d8bf-466d-b8d9-1b9c33940f01
2. If possible, update the BIOS although the original issue is not related to this. 24H2 likes newer BIOS versions.
Your current BIOS is:
```
                               Firmware type: UEFI 

                               Manufacturer: BESSTAR TECH LIMITED 

                               Model : UM700 

                               BIOS name : 5.14 

                               BIOS version : 5.14 

                               BIOS release date : 20210727000000.000000+000
```
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2025-03-24T18:09:09+00:00

I forged ahead being careful about the drive letter syntax. This is all reminiscent of DOS and CPM days.

I'll post the snap of the output, but have go come out of PE..and use my computer

04 30 UTC is 0030 where I am and I'll be asleep ! Lets pick this up tomorrow after 1400 UTC

Thanks for your persistence. It's not meant to be be this hard , acvording to MS...
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Ramesh 181.8K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator

2025-03-24T17:59:16+00:00

At the xcopy command, I am asked if i want tp overwriting c;\BCD.

Should if say Yes?

Sorry, I can't comment without seeing your latest outputs. I have to check the drive letter assignments again.
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Ramesh 181.8K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator

2025-03-24T17:56:00+00:00

After the last session, as i say,. I rebooted into full Windows, i.a desire to go about my daily business...

Are you now saying that i have to do all that diskpart reporting and then tun these new commands? Are there more to come after that, so i should stay in PE?

As mentioned, you must run all those commands in the same WinRE session. Since the system was rebooted after running the first set of commands, you must redo everything. We must be careful when dealing with diskpart. Inadvertently typing a wrong drive letter will erase your data.

Anyway, my next reply will be after 4:30 AM UTC, after which we can begin again if you're available then.
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