Upgrade to Windows 10 fails

SteveDG · Nov 6, 2023

I very rarely, if ever, use those programs these days so I removed them using the Add Remove Programs tool.

PeterJ · Nov 6, 2023

Okay. Restart the machine, try the upgrade again and report the result.

SteveDG · Nov 7, 2023

Upgrade failed in the usual spot i.e. nothing has changed.

Grasping at straws here ... I've read a few reported cases where people had unexplained issues that prevented upgrading from Win 7 to Win 10 where the upgrade then succeeded after they replaced the existing NVIDIA video card with a different brand, even though no problems were reported with the NVIDIA card. Any thoughts ?

PeterJ · Nov 19, 2023

Sorry for the delay.

You may try to do remove the NVIDIA software but I doubt it will work. For some reason the installation of Windows 10 fails on creating a hardlink.

Please try this:
Run Windows Repairs

Download

Windows Repair (All-in-One) Portable to your desktop.
Once the file is downloaded, right-click on the file on your desktop and choose Extract All...
Keep the defaults and click the Extract button.
A folder named tweaking.com_windows_repair_aio will be extracted to the desktop. Once the extraction is complete the folder will open.
Inside this folder, there is a folder named Tweaking.com - Windows Repair. Open this folder as well.
Note: Please make sure all of your programs are closed and anything you were working on is saved as we will be rebooting.
Double-click on Repair_Windows.exe to open.
When the program opens, click the Reboot to Safe Mode button at the bottom of the screen. Answer Yes to allow.
Once rebooted into Safe Mode, open the program again. When the program opens, click the Repairs tab and click the Open Repairs button.
A backup of your registry will be made. After a few moments you will have many options from which you can choose.
Please click the Unselect All button and then click to enable only the following ones:
- Reset Registry Permissions
- Reset File Permissions
- Reset Service Permissions
- Register System Files
- Remove Policies Set By Infections
- Repair Windows Updates
- Restore Important Windows Services
- Set Windows To Default Startup
Ensure the Restart/Shutdown System check box is selected and click the Start Repairs button in the lower right of the screen. This may take some time to run so be patient.
Once the fixes are complete you will be prompted to restart your machine. Answer Yes.

SteveDG · Nov 19, 2023

Windows Repair actions done (took only a 3-4 minutes). Do you need to see any log files ?

PeterJ · Nov 19, 2023

Do you need to see any log files ?

No. Just try the upgrade again and report the result.

SteveDG · Nov 19, 2023

Attempted upgrade failed with the usual error at the usual spot.

PeterJ · Nov 20, 2023

I'm almost out of options.
Please download the upgrade installer again. Maybe the one you are using is faulty.

SteveDG · Nov 20, 2023

Thanks for your efforts. I'll try downloading the installer again and will let you know how it goes but I have tried both the 21H2 and 22H2 installers recently.

SteveDG · Nov 21, 2023

I removed the Nvidia software and downloaded the 22H2 media creation tool again but the update still fails in the usual place with the usual error. I'll give up on trying to get Win 10 reinstalled on this device.

PeterJ · Nov 22, 2023

Okay. I've seen this error in another thread but they didn't had a solution too.
Either buy a new computer or perform a clean install instead of an upgrade.

SteveDG · Nov 23, 2023

I have a couple of spare HDD's so I may install one of those, disconnect the existing SSD and try a clean install from USB to the HDD.

SteveDG · Nov 30, 2023

Win 10 22h2 installed OK from a clean install on a spare HDD but it's taken me a week so far post-install to get it set up correctly, apps installed (those I still had working media for), etc. Once I have it all up and going the next step is to clone the HDD to a SSD and then it should be done.

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