Windows 10: Optiplex 7010 Upgrade win7 to win10 failed

I;ve had a full day at the office, will pursue in the morning.

Thanks for your help! Happy Holidays

 

Plan an upgrade attempt this weekend.
Replace: C:\Windows10Upgrade\wimgapi.dll with: C:\Windows\System32\wimgapi.dll perform these additional steps before upgrading

Run through this check list before the next upgrade attempt:

1) remove nonessential hardware
docks
USB devices
printers
headset
speakers
bluetoot devices
USB drives (other than a windows 10 iso if used for the upgrade)

2) These should be the only attached devices:
wired mouse
wired keyboard
monitor

Any of these that have been done in the past week are not necessary to repeat:


3) open administrative command prompt and type or copy and paste: (repair file system)
chkdsk /x /f /r
This may take many hours so plan to run overnight
Find the chkdsk report in the event viewer using the information in this link and post into the thread:
Read Chkdsk Log in Event Viewer in Windows 10 Performance Maintenance Tutorials

4) open administrative command prompt and copy and paste: (repair operating system)
sfc /scannow
dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth
When these have completed > right click on the top bar or title bar of the administrative command prompt box > left click on edit then select all > right click on the top bar again > left click on edit then copy > paste into the thread

5) update windows (have all recommended updates installed) and reboot after updates

6) uninstall all non-Microsoft antivirus software
(This includes always on and manual software.)

7) Verify that the drive has > 27 GB free space (At least 25 GB is needed for creating dumps)

8) Place the computer in clean boot:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...oot-in-windows
How to perform a Clean Boot in Windows 10 - TechNet Articles - United States (English) - TechNet Wiki

9) Remove all unused SATA devices

10) Uninstall non-Microsoft disk encryption software

11) Run disk cleanup to clean temporary and system files

 

Just wanted to give a shout out to both Caledon Ken & ZBOOK for all your help.

As it turned out is was a ****ing Anti-Virus program of which there were no less than 3 installed on this box. It's an old company end-user box that's probably had a half dozen users use it over the years with all kinds of little browser bars, stupid little utilites and of course lots of anit-virus crap. I just uninstall everything but the essentials and BAM!, the upgrade work just like it should.

Again thanks and HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

 

Excellent news.

Happy Holidays to you as well.

 

That's great.
Happy holidays.