Cannot update to 24H2 because of partition error

Anonymous

Hello, I really need help with performing the update to Windows 11 24H2 update.

I have tried to search for update in Windows Update multiple times, and yet it keepts telling me I'm on the latest update. There are nothing in the optional section either. This is despite the fact my build version is 21H2, which is very old now.

I have tried downloading the Windows Update Assistant, but that was to no avail because every time it keepts telling me "we couldn't update the system reserved partition". I have 95 free gbs on my OS:C and so I have no idea what is causing this. I tried deleting temporary files, using the CMD and create a Y drive then deleting fonts through it, labelling the product file to .old and even tried a set of command to restart registries. The Update Assistant or the ISO version, both returned with the same message.

I have grown quite desperate now since I realized Windows never even offered to update me to 22H2 and 23H2. All the tutorials on Youtube all pointed to the MS guide to deleting the fonts. I ran out of options, and I can't contact any agents because the system keep telling me my account was logged in too many times.

Hope someone can help me here, thank you.

Here is my spec:

Device name LEGION5-KB

Processor AMD Ryzen 7 6800H with Radeon Graphics 3.20 GHz

Installed RAM 32.0 GB (31.2 GB usable)

Device ID CE7ECE7D-319F-442B-B4F1-B2ABD3A4024F

Product ID 00330-81480-16870-AA476

System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

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Ramesh 181.2K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator

2024-12-20T12:00:45+00:00

Hi Marko,

You have sufficient free space after deleting the font files.

Please see if you can install 24H2 now.l

Dear Ramesh,

thank you. It went through. What about the missing fonts problem that Loren mentioned?

Marko

Hi Marko,

Deleting those .ttf files is not an issue. Windows won't use those files anyway.

BTW, the method is recommended in the official article below.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/-we-couldn-t-update-system-reserved-partition-error-installing-windows-10-46865f3f-37bb-4c51-c69f-07271b6672ac
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Anonymous

2024-12-21T05:04:58+00:00
hi Ramesh, my windows 11 failed to update to 24H2. please help.

Volume in drive Y has no label.

Volume Serial Number is 9C97-8D73

Directory of Y:\

12/12/2024 09:45 EFI

23/10/2023 11:07 System Volume Information
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23/10/2023 11:03 .

23/10/2023 11:03 ..

23/10/2023 11:03 Microsoft

23/10/2023 11:07 Boot

12/12/2024 09:45 Lenovo

24/11/2023 13:29 Insyde
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23/10/2023 11:07 .

23/10/2023 11:07 ..

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23/10/2023 11:07 .

23/10/2023 11:07 ..

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23/10/2023 11:07 .

23/10/2023 11:07 ..

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23/10/2023 11:07 .

23/10/2023 11:07 ..

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23/10/2023 11:07 .

23/10/2023 11:07 ..

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23/10/2023 11:07 .

23/10/2023 11:07 ..

19/12/2024 10:42 91.056 bootmgfw.efi.mui

19/12/2024 10:42 90.928 bootmgr.efi.mui
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23/10/2023 11:07 .

23/10/2023 11:07 ..

19/12/2024 10:42 93.616 bootmgfw.efi.mui

19/12/2024 10:42 93.488 bootmgr.efi.mui

19/12/2024 10:42 46.512 memtest.efi.mui
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23/10/2023 11:07 .

23/10/2023 11:07 ..

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19/12/2024 10:42 96.576 bootmgr.efi.mui
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23/10/2023 11:07 .

23/10/2023 11:07 ..

19/12/2024 10:42 96.672 bootmgfw.efi.mui

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19/12/2024 10:42 47.024 memtest.efi.mui
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23/10/2023 11:07 .

23/10/2023 11:07 ..

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23/10/2023 11:07 ..

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19/12/2024 10:42 47.008 memtest.efi.mui
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23/10/2023 11:07 .

23/10/2023 11:07 ..

19/12/2024 10:42 94.128 bootmgfw.efi.mui

19/12/2024 10:42 94.016 bootmgr.efi.mui

19/12/2024 10:42 46.384 memtest.efi.mui
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23/10/2023 11:07 .

23/10/2023 11:07 ..

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19/12/2024 10:42 43.824 memtest.efi.mui
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23/10/2023 11:07 ..

19/12/2024 10:42 80.800 bootmgfw.efi.mui

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19/12/2024 10:42 43.952 memtest.efi.mui
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23/10/2023 11:07 .

23/10/2023 11:07 ..

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19/12/2024 10:42 92.464 bootmgr.efi.mui
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23/10/2023 11:07 .

23/10/2023 11:07 ..

19/12/2024 10:42 92.080 bootmgfw.efi.mui

19/12/2024 10:42 91.952 bootmgr.efi.mui
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23/10/2023 11:07 .

23/10/2023 11:07 ..

19/12/2024 10:42 91.952 bootmgfw.efi.mui

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19/12/2024 10:42 46.512 memtest.efi.mui
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23/10/2023 11:07 ..

19/12/2024 10:42 94.640 bootmgfw.efi.mui

19/12/2024 10:42 94.528 bootmgr.efi.mui

19/12/2024 10:42 46.496 memtest.efi.mui
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23/10/2023 11:07 .

23/10/2023 11:07 ..

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19/12/2024 10:42 95.536 bootmgr.efi.mui

19/12/2024 10:42 47.008 memtest.efi.mui
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19/12/2024 10:42 93.488 bootmgr.efi.mui

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23/10/2023 11:07 .

23/10/2023 11:07 ..

19/12/2024 10:42 93.616 bootmgfw.efi.mui

19/12/2024 10:42 93.488 bootmgr.efi.mui

19/12/2024 10:42 46.912 memtest.efi.mui
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Directory of Y:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\qps-ploc

23/10/2023 11:07 .

23/10/2023 11:07 ..

19/12/2024 10:42 55.104 memtest.efi.mui
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23/10/2023 11:07 .

23/10/2023 11:07 ..

19/12/2024 10:42 93.088 bootmgfw.efi.mui

19/12/2024 10:42 92.992 bootmgr.efi.mui
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23/10/2023 11:07 ..

19/12/2024 10:42 94.016 bootmgfw.efi.mui

19/12/2024 10:42 94.000 bootmgr.efi.mui

19/12/2024 10:42 45.872 memtest.efi.mui
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Directory of Y:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\sk-SK

23/10/2023 11:07 .

23/10/2023 11:07 ..

19/12/2024 10:42 94.128 bootmgfw.efi.mui

19/12/2024 10:42 94.016 bootmgr.efi.mui
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Directory of Y:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\sl-SI

23/10/2023 11:07 .

23/10/2023 11:07 ..

19/12/2024 10:42 92.976 bootmgfw.efi.mui

19/12/2024 10:42 92.992 bootmgr.efi.mui
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Directory of Y:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\sr-Latn-RS

23/10/2023 11:07 .

23/10/2023 11:07 ..

19/12/2024 10:42 94.016 bootmgfw.efi.mui

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23/10/2023 11:07 .

23/10/2023 11:07 ..

19/12/2024 10:42 93.104 bootmgfw.efi.mui

19/12/2024 10:42 92.992 bootmgr.efi.mui

19/12/2024 10:42 45.888 memtest.efi.mui
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23/10/2023 11:07 .

23/10/2023 11:07 ..

19/12/2024 10:42 92.592 bootmgfw.efi.mui

19/12/2024 10:42 92.480 bootmgr.efi.mui

19/12/2024 10:42 46.496 memtest.efi.mui
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23/10/2023 11:07 .

23/10/2023 11:07 ..

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23/10/2023 11:07 .

23/10/2023 11:07 ..

19/12/2024 10:42 76.192 bootmgfw.efi.mui

19/12/2024 10:42 76.080 bootmgr.efi.mui

19/12/2024 10:42 43.424 memtest.efi.mui
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23/10/2023 11:07 .

23/10/2023 11:07 ..

19/12/2024 10:42 76.592 bootmgfw.efi.mui

19/12/2024 10:42 76.592 bootmgr.efi.mui

19/12/2024 10:42 43.424 memtest.efi.mui
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Directory of Y:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\Fonts

23/10/2023 11:07 .

23/10/2023 11:07 ..
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23/10/2023 11:07 .

23/10/2023 11:07 ..

23/10/2023 11:07 en-US

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23/10/2023 11:07 .

23/10/2023 11:07 ..

15/12/2024 15:03 13.680 bootres.dll.mui
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Directory of Y:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\qps-plocm

19/12/2024 10:49 .

19/12/2024 10:49 ..

19/12/2024 10:42 54.704 memtest.efi.mui
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Directory of Y:\EFI\Microsoft\Recovery

23/10/2023 11:07 .

23/10/2023 11:07 ..

19/12/2024 10:30 20.480 BCD

23/10/2023 11:07 32.768 BCD.LOG

23/10/2023 11:07 0 BCD.LOG1

23/10/2023 11:07 0 BCD.LOG2
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Directory of Y:\EFI\Boot

23/10/2023 11:07 .

23/10/2023 11:07 ..

19/12/2024 10:42 2.756.512 bootx64.efi
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Directory of Y:\EFI\Lenovo

23/10/2023 11:07 .

23/10/2023 11:07 ..

12/12/2024 09:45 BIOS
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           0 File(s)              0 bytes
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Directory of Y:\EFI\Lenovo\BIOS

23/10/2023 11:07 .

23/10/2023 11:07 ..

12/12/2024 09:45 33.554.432 SelfHealing.fd
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Directory of Y:\EFI\Insyde

24/11/2023 13:29 .

24/11/2023 13:29 ..

12/12/2024 09:41 35.607.912 isflash.bin
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Directory of Y:\System Volume Information

23/10/2023 11:07 .

23/10/2023 11:07 ..
```
           0 File(s)              0 bytes

 Total Files Listed:

         133 File(s)     90.336.268 bytes

         153 Dir(s)      10.211.328 bytes free
```
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Ramesh 181.2K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator

2024-12-21T06:20:12+00:00
@Farid:

Please run these commands from the admin Command Prompt:

************************************************
```
mountvol Y: /s

md C:\Lenovo\BIOS

cd /d Y:\EFI\Lenovo\BIOS

move selfhealing.fd C:\Lenovo\BIOS\
```
************************************************
Re-run the 24H2 setup now.
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Anonymous

2024-12-21T12:03:52+00:00

Dear Ramesh,

Looking at all your posts, you seem the best qualified person to help me with the same problem a lot of other people have run into while trying to install Windows 11 24H2 trough Windows Update. Like everyone else, my, brandnew mind you, Asus NUC 14 Pro+ 16GB DDR5 512GB won't install the update because of insufficient diskspace. Or, more specific, it says "we couldn't update the system reserved partition"

I've tried everything mentioned on the support pages, started with deleting the fontfiles as mentioned everywhere, and I eventualy even tried a clean factory OS reset deleting all my files from the machine itself. All with no solution to the problem that stops any change to the OS (H223) I have running now.

Starting all over again trying to repair, I took a look in the dir.txt created after removing all the fontfiles from Y:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\Fonts. It showed that of the 100.403.305 bytes in this partition, 87.825.513 are used by 303 files, leaving only 12.577.792 bytes free. Can it be that i simply have to remove more files? If so, which ones, and how? I'm not proficient in command prompt code (or even English) so please be as complete in your reply as you can be.

This is the link to the generated dir.txt: dir.txt

Regards,

Nico
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Ramesh 181.2K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator

2024-12-21T12:11:12+00:00
Hi Nico,

The file "RVMTL357.cap" occupies most of the disk space in the EFI partition. It may be the BIOS recovery image. You have two options:
1. Resize the EFI partition as others did in this thread. They used a third-party tool to extend the partition.
(or)
1. Move RVMTL357.cap to the C drive temporarily. If it breaks something (e.g., unable to enter BIOS or delay during boot), you can put it back into the EFI partition.
Run:
- Mountvol Y: /s
- md C:\CAP
- Move Y:\RVMTL357.cap C:\CAP\
Re-run the Windows 11 24H2 setup.
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