Windows 10: Cannot upgrade Windows from 1803 to 1903, many failed attempts.

Discus and support Cannot upgrade Windows from 1803 to 1903, many failed attempts. in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; I have been trying to upgrade Windows Home 1803 to 1903 for a few weeks now, and must have attempted the install at least 15 times. I have had the... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by John 27, Oct 4, 2019.

  1. John 27 Win User

    Cannot upgrade Windows from 1803 to 1903, many failed attempts.


    I have been trying to upgrade Windows Home 1803 to 1903 for a few weeks now, and must have attempted the install at least 15 times.
    I have had the machine halt on boot due to CPU overheating, numerous blue screens and system hangs. I have had it stuck in a loop of reboot - blue screen - reboot - hang, power off/on then repeat the cycle for a few hours before eventually rolling back to 1803.


    Based on advice found on this forum and on www.wintips.org I have tried the following:


    Turn off Turbo Boost in the Bios
    Uninstall IIS and Windows Activation service
    Uninstall all unrequired software
    rename C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv to inetsrv.old
    clear out C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Crypto\RSA\MachineKeys
    delete C:\Windows~BT and C:\Windows\Panther and C:\Windows\SoftwareDistributions
    create a USB with the Windows media on it and upgrade from this
    run the windows update trouble shooter
    unplug all external devices and disconnect from the network
    run the microsoft software repair tool
    run DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth (numerous times)
    run sfc /scannow (numerous times)
    opened Device Manager and gone through every single device and clicked on update driver (only one required updating).

    I don't have any 3rd party anti-virus software installed (just Windows Defender).



    After repeatedly doing the above, it now keeps failing on its final reboot:



    0x1900101 - 0x20017
    The installation failed in the SAFE_OS phase with an error during the BOOT operation



    I have put the log files from the C:\$WINDOWS.~BT\Sources\Panther folder (and the rollback folder) here:



    https://1drv.ms/u/s!AhUskq3rGhl_gdcW3SDmsQasXtISEQ?e=iYe6OG

    Can someone please help me get this to install, I must have spent over 30 hours trying to do this so far.

    :)
     
    John 27, Oct 4, 2019
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  2. Sync Centre failing after upgrading to Windows 10 1903

    Hi, my Thinkpad X230 was recently upgraded to release 1903 of Windows 10, and now the Sync Centre / offline files feature is playing up, having previously been very reliable (laptop is on a domain, connected to a Server 2102 Essentials R2 box).

    Since the 1903 upgrade, opening Sync Centre and starting a sync works - once. Asked to sync a second time, and it responds with "Sync Failed". Opening Settings (the gear wheel) and typing "Sync", shows that Sync Centre has now disappeared as an option at
    the bottom of the list. Accessing Sync Centre via the Control Panel is successful, but sync doesn't now work (synchronisation failed). In "Manage Offline Files" Windows states "Offline Files are enabled, to use restart your computer" or similar. I restart
    the laptop, go into Sync Centre (which has now reappeared in Settings) and synchronisation works again - once - before once again failing on second attempt, restarting the whole scenario of rebooting the PC to get it to sync once again. I know this must be
    related to Windows 10 1903 because I reinstalled the laptop to attempt to fix the issue (having also tried restoring the PC to an earlier snapshot from the server) with a fresh download of Windows 10 1903, and the problem was the same, failed on second attempt.
    Any suggestions? I have posted this issue on Windows Feedback (twice) but no response to the posts.
     
    BJGlendinning, Oct 4, 2019
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  3. Windows update from 1803 build 17134.1006 to 1903 fails

    Windows update from 1803 build 17134.1006 to 1903 fails

    Every attempt (circa 8 now) fails at same point after restart on 60% update
    popup window with failed to update system files
    Full ISO version update gave more info in dialog after restart from rollback;
    0xC1900101 - 0x30018
    The installation failed in the FIRST_BOOT phase with an errooor during SYSPREP_SPECIALIZE operation

    Tried all steps from link:
    help link

    Did chkdsk /f C:

    did dsim check to restore health

    did troubleshooting update from troubleshooting setting section in win10

    tried media tool download (did not offer in place upgrade so did not finish)

    Tried Iso update by downloading windows iso for 1903.

    Updates all drivers I could.

    No ! in any part of Device Manager list.

    Zip contains logs requested in link HERE
    Also added log from Powershell command Get-WindowsUpdateLog

    any ideas as after so many attempts I am stumped. Too many error messages in the attached logs for me to narrow down without knowledge to read them.

    Simon
     
    SimonJBrown, Oct 4, 2019
    #3
  4. K2DLS Win User

    Cannot upgrade Windows from 1803 to 1903, many failed attempts.

    Windows 10 1903 Upgrade Fails

    With the urgency to upgrade from 1803 to 1903, I need assistance with this failure to upgrade.

    I have used this document as a guide: Troubleshoot Feature update install failures

    I have done the clean boot procedure and tried to also disable WSL but get the dreaded error 0x80073701.

    Anyway repeated attempts to upgrade result in error 0x80004005. I'm not sure if I should include the required Panther logs in this message or upload somewhere.

    Assistance is needed, awaiting next steps. Thank you.
     
    K2DLS, Oct 4, 2019
    #4
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