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. Ramesh 181.8K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2025-03-22T02:38:40+00:00
    1. Please open Disk Management and maximize it. Adjust the column widths in the top pane to make all the entries visible. Post a screenshot.
    2. Launch msinfo32.exe and click System Summary. Resize the columns in the right pane to make the entries visible, and post a screenshot of that screen.
    3. Share the latest C:$WINDOWS.~BT\Sources\Panther\setupact.log" file on OneDrive.

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-03-22T13:27:20+00:00

    Will do when I get back from the weekend.

    Thanks for picking this up - I see from your links that I am far from alone in this problem,,,

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  3. Airbus A350 7,935 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2025-03-22T15:57:50+00:00

    Hello,

    Please try to reset the Windows Update components by following this TenForums tutorial. TenForums is another Windows 10 forum.

    If you have upgraded from Windows 10 Home to Windows 10 Pro, that can happen.

    Once that's done, try using the ISO to upgrade again.

    Let me know how this goes.

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-03-22T16:27:28+00:00

    Thanks, Here's a link to my Win11 Diags folder in Google Drive: I don't use One Drive.

    https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1c-ptEQdxM8OPbMJVhZsKKybvJo\_vFcRu?usp=drive\_link

    Curiously, while gather the screen shots for this thread, I suddenly, unexpectedly upon a restart,

    had a Link to a MS-sent alert to UPGRADE NOW. I postponed this till later so I could post this link (I hope you get it!} I have never had anyone nag prompt from MS to Upgrade, nor any link to Win 11 in my Win 10 Updates

    Will get back once i have done the update - if I still have a computer with connectivity!

    Thanks

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