Windows 10: Win 10 1709 iso boots from usb, but anything higher doesn't

My laptop can run a rufus bootable usb setup for 1709, but anything higher than that, it results in the blue screen of death. This prevents me from updating from 1709. How can I fix this? My HDD is 40gb, so is this the problem? The laptop is from 2005, but I was able to run 1709 on it before, I am performing a clean install.

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Windows 10 USB boot

Hi there, am not a windows 10 expert. I have a pc in the bedroom on windows 10, I messed up the bootloader trying to fix the xp on that system.

System wont boot, trying to repair via win 10 usb installer.

Downloaded the media creation tool to install windows 10 installer on usb stick. Not compatible with a host of usb sticks I have. Tried the usb sticks that others use, but I think they use rufus; as the media creation tool by win 10 does not detect the usb stick.

So quick question, the win10 machine i am trying to repair the bootloader is a win7 upgraded to win10.
If i were to use the usb win10 installer to "repair installation" does the version of the iso downloaded via the media creation tool matter?

There is three options:
Windows 10
Windows 10 Home
Windows 10 N

Also is there a step by step instead of using rufus as I want to try an alternative method of creating a usb win 10 installer. Preferably with more compatibility.

System is a asus sabertooth 990 (r2?) with AMD phenom X 6.

Also is there any other software I can load onto the usb that can repair the bootloader easily?
That would be the ideal alternative. Thanks

 

Win 10 1709 iso boots from usb, but anything higher doesn't

Clean installed 1709 again and didn't connect to the Internet, didn't install anything. Tried to use the bootable 1903 drive, and it failed again as expected. I have tried running different versions of the iso's from the desktop in the past and absolutely nothing has worked.

I have tried in the past updating everything via Windows Update, and again, I am still unable to upgrade higher than 1709.

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This is third time I've clean installed 1709 and nothing has worked. I can't upgrade to anything higher (i.e. 1803, 1809, 1903, 1909).

It always says failed in the SAFE_OS phase with an error during BOOT operation. I tried multiple solutions before requesting help here for the error code (0xC1900101 - 0x20017) and no solution has worked. I'm getting to the point where just maybe this laptop isn't compatible with higher Windows upgrade builds even though it is better than the recommended specs.

 

Win 10 1709 iso boots from usb, but anything higher doesn't

Ran both and included both logs for download. Connected to the internet prior to running both.
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