Upgrade to WIndows 11 from Win 10Pro 22H2

Anonymous
2025-03-10T18:16:38+00:00

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 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
2025-03-25T18:42:30+00:00

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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  1. Anonymous
    2025-03-25T15:52:41+00:00

    I read the 'resolvred thread" and thode apparently successful command set are the exact same as those i ran yesterday, so I going to try the update again.

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-03-24T18:31:42+00:00

    I am now back in full Windows 10, successfully rebooted out of PE, so obviously no damage done.

    Here is the snap of the output: but it somehow got cropped in process...

    I'll read the link you send and not do any more till we reconnect tomorrow...

    Is there anyway we can do this by PM or DM or whatever that is called rather than the lag of going through the forum. Some instructions were missed because of the lag.

    PS I would much rather not update the BIOS - last time I did that, the PC got bricked. Why or how I never found out, but unless there is a definite proven need to do so, I'd rather not risk it...

    Till tomorrow, thanks for your help

    Noel

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  3. 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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  4. Anonymous
    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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