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. Airbus A350 7,935 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2025-03-10T19:51:51+00:00

    Hello,

    Could you download and install SetupDiag from https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/upgrade/setupdiag and share the log file that SetupDiag creates? This way, I can see what went wrong during the upgrade.

    Hope to hear back from you.

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-03-10T20:02:34+00:00

    Thnks... Will do, probably tomorrow. My brain is fried from endless attempts to effect the upgrade.

    Noel

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  3. DYARI BARHAM 37,661 Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2025-03-10T21:49:16+00:00

    Hi nmawer,

    I'm Dyari. Thanks for reaching out. I will be happy to assist you in this regard.

    Kindly click Start > Type system information and hit enter > Screenshot it and post it back.

    In the meantime, please run the PC health check app:

    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/how...

    Also, run WhyNotWin11:

    https://github.com/rcmaehl/WhyNotWin11

    Then, screenshot the results and post them back.

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-03-10T23:41:26+00:00

    Thanks, Sysinfo described in my original post

    Health check run a zillion times and my system is AOK and WhyNot Win 11 is all green. I've been round this loop too many times.

    Thanks for your interest - trying to move on from things I have already checked.

    Regards

    Noel

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