Windows 10: Win 10 install fails error code 80070003

I think this may be due to the Win 8 installation which was done as an upgrade from win7 pro. I think the bootmgr/bcd is on the wrong drive. There isn't a system reserved partition on my C: drive but there is an OEM partition, an EFI system partition and a recovery partition.
I tried using easybcd to move the boot files into a system partition that I created on C: but it was unsuccessful because the partition I created exceeded the allowed 4 partitions and so it was created as a logical drive.
I think I need to clean the drive completely, though I don't know yet how I can remove the system partitions listed above. Assuming I can I will then do a clean install of Win 8.1 with only the clean drive installed and upgrade to Win 10. To avoid re-installing all my software could I restore the image I made over the clean Win 8.1 and then try upgrading to 10?
Any advice will be much appreciated.
Keith

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repeated issue with windows 10 installation

Matty summed it up wonderfully. I'm having the same problem, and so thanks to anyone who can post a solution. I've tried updating to Win 10 via direct download, via ISO image on USB drive, and it always fails. Ran Windows Update Troubleshooter, and followed
all the steps to resolve it manually as described on the following page, and still it always fails with the 80070003 error code.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-update-error-80070003#1TC=windows-7

 

Upgradation to Windows 10 home Single language failed 6 times till now. Showing error code 80200013

Mine failed 3 times with different error Code each time.

Following are the error details:

Code 8024402C

Code 80200056

Code 80070003

 

I have the same issue and I have clean installation of Windows 8/8.1 on my PC.

 

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