Unable to install Windows 11 Update Version 23H2 (KB5036980)

I've been repeatedly trying to install this update, but each time I try to launch the update, it will suddenly stop at 96% and tell me there was something wrong with the install and my PC files would return to the previous "un-updated" state.

I've tried every method I could easily find online (Removing all non-essential hardware, did clean boot into Windows, et cetera.), but none of them fixed the isue and I'm suspecting it's a deeper, less common issue.

Same here, I have been trying for days!!!!

Windows 11, version 23H2 Install error - 0x8007025d

Thank you,

Will

"a Paying Microsoft customer!!"

1. Download Windows 11 Media Creation Tool (MCT) from this link:

https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2156295

 

2. Run MCT and download the ISO it recommends for your system. Do *not* uncheck "Use the recommended options for this PC".

 

3. Right-click on the downloaded ISO and choose "Mount." This assigns the ISO a drive letter.

 

4. Run setup.exe from the ISO drive. This starts the in-place upgrade/repair installation.

 

(Your files, settings and applications will be preserved if you use the ISO recommended for your system by the Media Creation Tool.)

Thanks for the info.
I tried all that, and more. I finally managed to reach the online MS helpdesk. They installed a "custom" Windows file, and it worked.
Two weeks later, my laptop died. Keyboard lights up, but absolutely no sign of life otherwise. I'm now using a donated laptop that's only fit to run Windows 10. It's brand new, out of the box, and a similar thing happened when updating to Windows 10 22H2. It's slow, but at least it works. lol

Cheers anyway.

I've been repeatedly trying to install this update, but each time I try to launch the update, it will suddenly stop at 96% and tell me there was something wrong with the install and my PC files would return to the previous "un-updated" state.

I've tried every method I could easily find online (Removing all non-essential hardware, did clean boot into Windows, et cetera.), but none of them fixed the isue and I'm suspecting it's a deeper, less common issue.

Same here, I have been trying for days!!!!

Windows 11, version 23H2 Install error - 0x8007025d

Thank you,

Will

"a Paying Microsoft customer!!"

1. Download Windows 11 Media Creation Tool (MCT) from this link:

https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2156295

2. Run MCT and download the ISO it recommends for your system. Do *not* uncheck "Use the recommended options for this PC".
3. Right-click on the downloaded ISO and choose "Mount." This assigns the ISO a drive letter.
4. Run setup.exe from the ISO drive. This starts the in-place upgrade/repair installation.

(Your files, settings and applications will be preserved if you use the ISO recommended for your system by the Media Creation Tool.)

Check: DELL logo. Make it something else. DELL is NOT recommended.

Yep, you are correct that your problem is much more serious than my condition. I hope you get your situation corrected so life can continue in a calm manner. I just got so fed up with this foolish machine that I bought another one. Thanx and take care . . .

I have the same problem, but worse. The computer froze at "Restarting" and wouldn't do anything. Now all I have is the Dell logo and a spinning circle.