[W10ProV1511b10586 x64] Can't install updates 1607 and 1703

[bobshishka]

Create a folder in your C: drive, call it temp and retry.

Ah, my bad. I did that and got:

C:\Windows\system32>bcdedit /export C:\temp\bcdbackup
The store export operation has failed.
The parameter is incorrect.

C:\Windows\system32>

it added a bcdbackup.file to c:\temp


C:\Windows\system32>

[softwaremaniac]

Okay, copy that file to another USB/computer/disk somewhere just in case we need it. Let me know when done.

[bobshishka]

Done. It was only 12kb, so not sure if it'll help much.

[bobshishka]

Windows 10

• Setup in BIOS/MBR mode creates a minimum 100MB System Reserved partition, a Windows partition and a 450MB WinRE partition (minimum 300MB).

• AF 512e drives supported in both BIOS/MBR and UEFI/GPT modes.
• Setup in UEFI/GPT mode (for 64-bit only) creates a minimum 100MB EFI System Partition (ESP), a 16MB Microsoft Reserved Partition (MSR), a Windows partition and a 450MB WinRE partition (minimum 300MB).

• The ESP must be formatted as FAT32. On AF 4Kn drives the minimum ESP size is 260MB due to FAT32 partition size being calculated as sector size (4KB) x 65527 = 256 MB

I'm guessing mine must be BIOS/MBR mode?

[softwaremaniac]

You will need a bootable Windows disc or recovery flash drive to boot from to do this.
How to create a recovery flash drive: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4026852/windows-create-a-recovery-drive

After you create the recovery drive, boot from it by using the advanced startup options and choosing boot from device (or using the UEFI interface, whichever is simpler :) ).
Here's the instructions that other users have had success with:



Alright, apparently the issue is with the BCD (Boot Configuration Data). A few users reported that rebuilding it solved that issue.

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...4-9ae12cfd89a2 - "Most Helpful Reply" from Cifad

If you cannot read the commands properly, here goes (to be entered in the command prompt from the Recovery Environment):

diskpart - Opens the Disk Partitionning tool
select disk 0 - Will select your first hard drive (the one with the Windows partition on it)
list volume - Note the number of the partition that have no drive letter assigned to it, is of 260MB of size and have "FAT32" listed under the "FS" column
select volume X - X will be the number of your partition with a size of 260MB, the EFI System Partition one that you identified in the last command
assign letter=Z: - It'll assign the Z: letter to the EFI System Partition
exit - To exit the diskpart utility

Now you'll be back in the command prompt, enter the following commands:

cd /d Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot - Goes to the "Boot" directory in the Z: partition
attrib Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\BCD -h -r -s - Removes the hidden, read-only and system attributes from the BCD folder
ren Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\BCD BCD.old - Renamed the BCD folder to BCD.old
bootrec /rebuildbcd - This command will rebuild the BCD.

When it asks you Add the installation to boot list?, press on y followed by Enter and if it succeed, you'll have a The operation completed successfully message. Once you're done, close the command prompt, restart your computer and try to upgrade again.



Make sure you have a complete backup of anything important on your computer BEFORE attempting any of these steps.

[bobshishka]

So I did exactly as that said and i'm getting this error when I try to update from MCT or WU:

[softwaremaniac]

Let's gather more info: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...alling-windows

[softwaremaniac]

Make sure you don't progress to the steps, but rather just determine the type of your System Reserved Partition.

[bobshishka]

Make sure you don't progress to the steps, but rather just determine the type of your System Reserved Partition.

Too late I already did the needed steps on that support page and it cleared up space on the system reserve partition.

I then ran windows update again, it told me to go download the fall creators update tool. I did that and everything updated just fine.

Thank you for all your help! (sorry for the late reply)

[softwaremaniac]

Great news! Take care.