Windows 10: Windows 10 install problem 0xC1900101 - 0x20017

Hello,

I have a problem with installing Windows 10 (either upgrade or clean install). I think the problem has started 2.5 years ago when suddenly Windows 8 stopped installing updates. I think it stopped installing updates after the Windows 8.1 upgrade through the store has failed.

Just about a month ago, updates resumed and a bunch of them were installed. But after several days, one security update has failed to install and Windows update is stuck at this point.

I decided last week to upgrade to Windows 10. Direct upgrade wasn't possible because I have o upgrade to Windows 8.1 first, which I can't. So I have created a clean install media on USB using the media creation tool. I plugged in the USB, shut down then started and selected the USB drive as first choice for booting. It brought the Windows logo, and 1 minute later, the laptop shut down. I repeated the operation twice with the same result.

I tried then to do a clean install of Windows 8.1 from another USB, but shortly after the logo, instead of shutting down, I got a light blue screen with "something went wrong" message and the machine restarted.

Then I decided to run the USB that have Windows 10 from Windows. I selected to remove every thing and proceeded. The process after that went slow increment of 1% took about 10 minutes. Then I got the first restart, and it went the same as it shut down. I started the laptop and it went again to Windows 8. After I logged on, I got the following message:

We couldn't install Windows 10
We've set your PC back to the way it was right before you started installing Windows 10.

0xC1900101 - 0x20017
The installation failed in the SAFE_OS phase with an error during boot operation.

I have found some solutions on the internet, but I am not sure if they will work, considering the history of my machine.

Thanks,

:)

 

Error 0xC1900101-0x20017 while upgrading to Windows 10

Hi Fede,

We apologize for the delay in response.

I understand that you get “error 0xC1900101-0x20017” when you try to upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 10.

Before proceeding, we need to know whether the partition type you use on your Windows 7 is NTFS/GPT.

This error may arise due to the Hardware compatibility issue.

Reference: I suggest you to refer the below thread and check if it helps.

Windows 10 install error: 0xC1900101 - 0x20017

Windows 10 install error: 0xC1900101 - 0x20017

Kindly let us know if you need any further assistance with Windows. We are glad to assist you.

Thank you.

 

Windows 10 Pro and Internet Explorer (Edge)

Windows 10 Pro won't Install Updates and Microsoft Edge wont load.Getting Error Codes; 0x000000d,0xC1900101-0x20017,

 

Hi onyr and welcome to Tenforums.

I think, when you do the clean install of W10, you need to make sure you have removed all partitions and are installing to a drive which shows as "unallocated". See in the tutorial:
Windows 10 - Clean Install - Windows 10 Forums

Specifically you want to be sure your drive looks like this before you begin:





Unless your drive is failing, this should do it.

Before you start, perhaps you might want to run chkdsk on your OS drive.

At an administrative command prompt, enter Code: chkdsk c: /r[/quote] enter, and reboot the machine. Chkdsk will run at boot.


EDIT: p.s Please make sure Fast Startup is turned off to get a proper boot.

 

Hi simrick ,

Thank you for the info and the welcome. I will try your suggestion.

 

Good luck and let us know how it goes. *Smile