Windows 10: Unable to install Windows 10

I have a laptop that I can't install Windows 10 on. If I try to upgrade from Windows, I get 'setup failed to validate product key'. If I try to do a clean install from boot, it asks for the hard disk driver and doesn't display any disks. Weirdly, it does let me browse the hard disk for drivers.

Help!

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Unable to install Windows 10 - fresh install

Thanks for your reply.

I have tried almost everything that you have suggested in past 3 days with no positive outcome as of now.

And as replied to Dave in this chain itself, I have now waited for more than 4 hours for this process to complete with no results.

Since the installer is trying to "install updates" - is there any way I can go online in this install process itself? Its a fresh install so no configuration of Wifi or even no accessibility of Wifi via installer.

 

Unable to install Windows 10 - fresh install

At present the install process is on and it is now stuck at same point from past 4 hours and it is the max I have waited for the installer to respond further.

To your point of being online/offline while installing windows, since this is a fresh install, my laptop isn't online as there is no way to configure WiFi via installer itself. To take the device online, the OS shall run first and then only I will be able
to connect to internet. Please correct me if I am missing anything here.

Thus, my laptop is all offline and the installer is stuck on "Installing Updates". Also, I noted that the step name written on the screen is not in bold at the moment where as all the previous steps were in bold when they were getting completed. So, can
I say that the installer has not even begun with this particular step?

 

Made some progress now - I ran diskpart clean on the SSD and now Win 10 can see it.

 

Please allow me to join this thread as I'm having trouble upgrading to Win10 as well.
My problem starts when I try to run 'GWX WEB WINDOWS' (Get Windows) I've placed it on the desktop and when I run it, a second window comes up asking if I want to 'Upgrade' or 'Download now and Upgrade Later'. When I click either button, it appears to start but then that window disappears and nothing else happens. No error messages.
I am running Bitdefender, but don't have trouble downloading and installing other software.
I've searched but have been unable to locate a suggestion that helps.
This is on a Dell inspiron w/ Intel i3, 6gb of ram & 1tb hdd. Lots of free disk space.
Any suggestions?

 

I mean I gave up on the upgrade install, and just used the media creation tool to do a fresh install.

 

Why don't you temporarily get rid of Bitdefender, windows upgrade is not your everyday program but digs deep in the system and AVs are designed to stop that.