Windows 10: Failed four different strategies to upgrade to Win10

I think the important thing to do within Region panel is to go to Administrative tab>>> Language for non-Unicode... then click "Change system locale" and make sure it's "English (United States)". That is the only thing I did to get past the "Something Happened" error on my 10" tablet.

Btw, do you have the KB3035583 installed on windows update?

 

Oh yes - good idea - do you mind if I add that to my list?

 

Not all all. Anything that may help someone is a good thing.

 

Updated windows, Ran DISM restore health, disk cleanup, and did a clean boot, but it still fails @25%

 

When you ran sfc /scannow, did it tell you there were any integrity violations? If so, I would like to see that log.
Please type in an administrative command window

findstr /c:"[SR]" %windir%\Logs\CBS\CBS.log >"%userprofile%\Desktop\sfcdetails.txt"

This will place a file on the desktop called sfcdetails.txt. Attach that in your next post and we will have a look at it.


Can we see a list of installed programs, to determine if any might be causing this? It's easily had from Ccleaner (free), if you have that installed on your system.

Thanks.

 

Please describe in detail the changes made to the partitions and what software was used to make the changes.

(just thinking out loud...the failure happens early in the upgrade process; wondering if it is failing to create the rollback option, because of partition changes)

 

Hi xstrike9999

No need to apologise, I know the frustration! *Shock

I had tried a few of the items on my list in isolation with no success, except the selective Startup which was a first. It was the combination of all of them that seemed to work.

Microsoft 2nd line support - who were good in the UK on the phone (+44 344 8002400) - stated that between 25% and 37% was when the drivers were being investigated, so I would suggest focusing on the lightest boot possible.

One other thing - When you did the install, did you check for Updates? (I did on my success, although there have been comments from people that have had success selecting no to updates...)

Regards

 

Resized drive C. PC only came with one main partition. Deleted Dell's backup partition which was taking about 20gb. I am booting with the cleanest boot parameters possible but still no dice.
Sfc returned no errors. Here is the CBS log.
http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php...90401704882768
and CCleaner image

 

Can I suggest you do as I did in post #20.

Boot into you Windows DVD (or USB stick). Install Windows 8 from scratch, format your HDD before the install. You will need your Windows Key at the start of the install.
When the install is complete let the OS activate, will usually do so in a few seconds over the internet.
Then immediately do the upgrade, and select to keep nothing.

That was the only way it worked for me.

Good luck.

 

Yes, that is the last resort and I'm doing that now. Will update on outcome.

 

I upgraded using a downloaded ISO, extracted onto USB stick. Worked like a charm.

 

Okay, no need to see the log if it reported no errors. I hope the instructions from lafargeotte work! Will wait for your report. I'll bet it's the nVidia driver. What's your graphic specs? It's not in your profile.

 

The log was empty. But all is well now. Discreet GPU is an 820M, btw. I had to do a clean install of Win 8.1 and then upgraded to 10 immediately. Completely avoidable if MSFT had just made installation easier than the pain in the a$$ it is right now.

 

There's no SQL Server or MSE to remove. Win8.1 settings for language are for English-US. I've tried various "clean boot" procedures, including https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/929135. Mounted the .ISO file directly, and from a USB drive. Can't get past 24% of the Win10 installation process.

sfc /scannow terminates with no problems reported. Besides the clean boots mentioned above, I've turned off WiFi and then turned off anti-virus (Avast) and firewalls (Comodo and Windows). No hard drive monitoring software or Start Menu add-ons. No peripherals except USB radio for mouse when I mount the .ISO file directly, and add a USB drive when I try upgrading from it. I've usually installed without it downloading updates, but once or twice I have.

(Win8.1 Home) Control Panel > Region > Location tab> Home location: United States. The KB3035583 Update was installed on 7/22/2015.

 

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