Windows 10: in-place upgrade is not possible on Win10 1809 to 20H2

Hello all,


I am stuck with in-place upgrade of Win10 1809 x64 Enterprise. to Win10 20H2 x64 Enterprise on HP laptops with Thunderbolt port. A desktops are not affected. It is basically the same issue as here I see the same error in setup.exe GUI during pre-installation process :


https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4592819/error-when-plugging-in-a-thunderbolt-nvme-ssd


The laptop has only LAN cable and power adapter attached TBT port is not in use. All updates and drivers are up to date. Only workaround so far is to disable Thunderbolt port in UEFI, but it does not seem to be "the solution" for me.


Logs are here: https://www36.zippyshare.com/v/SzpeF9f0/file.html


Thanks in advance!


M.

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