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panagos13
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Dec 06, 2025

Windows 11 23H2 → 25H2 in-place upgrade fails in SAFE_OS / MIGRATE_DATA

I'm trying to in-place upgrade a Windows 11 23H2 system to 25H2 and consistently get a rollback in the SAFE_OS / MIGRATE_DATA phase with 0x8007042B – 0x2000D. After a lot of analysis (Panther logs, S...
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SumitDhiman
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Dec 29, 2025
  • http://yourwindowsguide.com/2025/12/25h2-repair-install-failed.html#gsc.tab=0

 

Open/Extract the Windows 11 25H2 ISO file


Open the ISO file and navigate to the Path – sources\Replacementmanifests folder. In that, delete the file \sources\replacementmanifests\tpmdriverwmi-replacement.man from the Windows installation media.


On the affected system, we would instruct Windows not to try replacing the manifest from 25H2 ISO file. Concurrently, the file handling the manifest is \Windows\WinSxS\migration.xml. Take Ownership of the file as Step 1

 

Open the file using Notepad. The file would have a lot of file tags.


Search for microsoft-windows-tpm-driver-wmi. There would be 2 entries.
Clear the upgrade cache by deleting the $WINDOWS.~BT folder in Windows C drive.


Disconnect the system from the internet to keep the upgrade environment offline.


Restart the upgrade process and proceed with the repair install again.

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