Windows 10: Cannot update to Windows 11 24H2 with user folder moved [0x80070020]

So, step-by-step:1 I own an HP Omen laptop with Windows 11 Home 23H2 installed, which two days ago received an update to 24H2.2 On this new laptop, a few days after OS installation in October 2024 I have moved my user folder let's call my account name User1; there is another user, say, User2, whose user folder wasn't moved to another disk partition, specifically C:\Users\User1\ to D:\ e.g. C:\Users\User1\AppData is moved to D:\AppData. This is officially supported by Microsoft, please don't state that such a configuration is not supported. Yes, I have read guides stating that doing thi

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Factory reset Windows 11 24H2 (build 26100.863)

Hi, I am Dave, I will help you with this.

There are no currently listed problems resetting version 24H2 of Windows 11 and no specific steps you need to perform, are you experiencing any problems with that insider build that is causing you to perform a Windows reset?

 

WINDOWS 11 24H2

Windows 11 24H2 is now shipping on new Copilot+PCs. However, Microsoft has not announced when it will be released for other Windows 11 users. By all accounts, it will be a significant update.

 

Move Users Folder Location in Windows 10  

If not the best way to do that but at least the way I recommend:

• "Empty" your user profile folders as much as you can, copying documents, pics, videos, music and all other personal data from all user profiles to external HDD. As following steps require you to relocate Users folder two times, the less data is left in user profile folders, the faster the relocation process. Important: Leave system folder AppData for each profile intact, do not empty / move its content!
• Reverse the relocating, doing exactly as told in tutorial Method Two but this time relocating Users folder back to C: drive
• Shut down the PC, replace the disk where you had Users relocated
• Mount the new disk, boot to Windows, assign new disk the same drive ID letter than the old one had
• Again, do as told in Method Two, now relocating Users to new disk
• Restore the backed up personal user data from external drive to respective folders under each user profile