This browser is no longer supported.
Upgrade to Microsoft Edge to take advantage of the latest features, security updates, and technical support.
![](data:image/svg+xml, %3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' height='64' class='font-weight-bold' style='font: 600 30.11764705882353px "SegoeUI", Arial' width='64'%3E%3Ccircle fill='hsl(128, 8%, 22%)' cx='32' cy='32' r='32' /%3E%3Ctext x='50%25' y='55%25' dominant-baseline='middle' text-anchor='middle' fill='%23FFF' %3EA%3C/text%3E%3C/svg%3E)
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....
Locked Question. This question was migrated from the Microsoft Support Community. You can vote on whether it's helpful, but you can't add comments or replies or follow the question.
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.)
OK, Ramesh, I am confident that the drive letters are correct (the system boots, just fine, but should I run the whole PE routine again just to be sure, or might that open more cans or worms?
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.
The resolved thread was provided as a FYI. It's possible the drive letters are different in your system.
As stated, it's impossible to say if the commands ran correctly without seeing the output. So, I can't give further suggestions. But all the best.
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.
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
