Windows 10: We Couldn't install windows 10 0x80070070 - 0x2000C

280GB 250 free. It has a clean fresh install of Win7 with no additional software

 

That's odd, and it says can't complete Apply image ?

 

Yes, tried it now on three of the same model. Every other laptop it worked.

 

OK, and there is no difference in the bios settings? Could it be a hard drive issue?

 

Try this

Clean Install Windows 10 Directly without having to Upgrade First - Windows 10 Forums

 

I just tried the full clean install from the ISO and after it gets to the last step and restarts the laptop, all I get is a black screen. When I restart the laptop, it gets the flag then the circle of dots starts then freezes. No disk activity. Same results on two laptops same model. I really do not think that this laptop is compatible with Windows 10. The N5030 works (Intel chipset) but not the M5030 (AMD chipset).

By the way, thanks for that link, it may help with other installs.

 

Ok, so I did an image restore of Windows 10, we use Acronis, from a different (HP) laptop with the same AMD chipset. It restored fine and is running fine now with Windows 10. I then applied the GenuineTicket and it is now activated.

What this shows is there is a major issue with the install because Windows 10 runs fine on an M5030. Just can't install it.

 

This is no longer needed since version 10586 came out.

Simply clean install windows 10 and activate using old lkey.

 

He stated he used the ticket to active. Windows 10 would not run as a clean install on that machine.

 

Right. It wasn't possible to do a clean install. Only an Image restore from a different system did the trick. And then I needed to activate with the Ticket

 

Actually the issue was the incompatibility of the HD4000 graphics in the laptop. ATI considers this product legacy and not compatible with Windows 10. Windows 10 does have a driver that works, but it apparently does not load during the upgrade process. Uninstalling the driver before the upgrade does not help either since during the upgrade the wrong driver is reinstalled. kind of a catch 22. That is why imaging the laptop from another laptop works and then Windows 10 updates the correct driver. I suppose if I extracted the good driver from Win10, maybe it would work. By the way this issue was introduced with Threshold, the latest Win10 rollup.