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Windows 11 Pro 23H2 cannot be upgraded to Windows 11 25H2.
The upgrade consistently fails with:
0xC1900101-0x40017
"The installation failed in the SECOND_BOOT phase with an error during BOOT operation."
The installation reaches approximately 75%, reboots, attempts to start the new version and then rolls back to Windows 11 23H2.
The same failure occurs:
Troubleshooting already performed:
Removed for testing:
The error remained unchanged.
Storage configuration:
Logs reviewed:
Notable findings:
Has anyone seen this exact upgrade failure or identified the root cause of 0xC1900101-0x40017 during SECOND_BOOT?Windows 11 Pro 23H2 cannot be upgraded to Windows 11 25H2.
The upgrade consistently fails with:
0xC1900101-0x40017
"The installation failed in the SECOND_BOOT phase with an error during BOOT operation."
The installation reaches approximately 75%, reboots, attempts to start the new version and then rolls back to Windows 11 23H2.
The same failure occurs:
Troubleshooting already performed:
Removed for testing:
The error remained unchanged.
Storage configuration:
Logs reviewed:
Notable findings:
Has anyone seen this exact upgrade failure or identified the root cause of 0xC1900101-0x40017 during SECOND_BOOT? <PII removed>
Winsock catalog appears clean and contains only standard Microsoft providers. Driver Store contains several third-party driver packages, including Creative Sound Blaster drivers (2020 and 2022), Realtek audio packages (2021 and 2026), Intel Bluetooth packages from multiple years, Logitech drivers, Honor phone drivers, and TAP-Windows Provider V9 (OpenVPN) driver package from 2019. Please advise which packages are relevant to investigate for 0xC1900101-0x40017 SECOND_BOOT rollback. drivers.txt
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Hello Mario Kermiet,
Sorry but the 2 attachments you sent cannot be found, can you please send them again?
I'm waiting for your reply.
Hello Mario Kermiet,
Thanks for replying.
It will take a while to check all of this. I'll see what I can find. I'll keep you updated.
Hello Mario Kermiet,
Welcome to Microsoft Q&A forum.
Before we proceed further, I'd like to do a few simple tests to better understand the situation.
I'm waiting for your reply.
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The In-Place-Upgrade is being blocked by several drivers. Please run the following commands one by one in a PowerShell (run as administrator):
pnputil /delete-driver oem7.inf -f
pnputil /delete-driver oem52.inf -f
pnputil /delete-driver oem53.inf -f
By referring to your list of drivers you can see which drivers are being deleted.
Restart your computer after deleting the drivers and try the upgrade again.
