Insider upgrade to 16257 green screens
I have been on Insider builds since the get go. The last few upgrades all fail with green screens. I am on 16232 as a clean install from the ISO. Trying to upgrade to 16257 still fails. I converted the ESD file in C:\windows\softwareupdates\downloads to an ISO using Uuptol0setup.exe OK and ran it from C: (maybe a mistake that!) but it only offered to do the upgrade retaining just my settings and apps. That is all my own software would be zapped. Not a happy bunny at that and MS seem to have given up on allowing software to be retained during upgrades rather than updates. Anyway I bit the bullet and went ahead and it failed with error at first boot phase on reboot ( C1900101 - 0x30017) I'll try again running it from a USB bootable but wonder why MS still haven't sorted this upgrade problem which, judging from forums everywhere is now a major problem?
Windows 10 installation failed (in-place Upgrade/Repair)
Windows 10 Pro ver 22H2, MSI M=motherboard, i9, 128 GB RAM, NVMe boot disk. ** The issue is a Win10-to-Win10 in-place repair/upgrade that fails after what looks like a successful and lengthy process. Background: This is a new hardware system that started from an in-place upgrade from Win7 to Win10. The newly upgraded Win10 was a bit quirky, but worked out most of the bugs - mostly drivers, of course. But still an odd hiccup, sooo, decided to do an in-place Win 10 Upgrade/Repair, but it fails. Twice tried the in-place Upgrade with two different ISO's, one from the Media Creation Tool based on my system, and another multi-version ISO from an MS web page. What is peculiar is that the install looks like it goes perfectly well - goes thru a 20+ minute process, first in Windows, then a blue DOS-ish screen, then back to Windows. Then all of a sudden a little dialog that simply says "Windows 10 installation failed". Dont bother suggesting a clean install. That is a sick and insane idea that people throw out there like they've said something smart. Not smart. And that is because not only does all the software have to be - reinstalled, but what about all the setups and tweaks one does as they curate and caress their software. Many such tweaks on a mature system might be years old, so NO, not going thru have to figure all that out. Have tried all the tries - SFC, DISM (see note below), chkdsk, driver updates/uninstall-reinstall, virus scan, hardware stress tests. Another perhaps related peculiarity is that DISM /RestoreHealth fails with the "source files could not be found" error. Also, DISM fails after it works for a really long time, usually on 62.3%, but then comes back with the "source" error.
26H2 → 26220 → 25H2 upgrade failures and Insider enrollment reverting
Ok, so I moved from the Beta Channel to the Experimental Channel to pick up 26H2 early, following the guidance in the Insider email and the support article. After receiving 26H2, I switched back to Beta, which the same guidance said was fine. After that, Windows tried to install build 26220, and that upgrade failed twice. I tried leaving the Insider Program to return to the base build, planning to re‑enter Beta afterward. The staging phase completed normally, but on reboot the system skipped the usual update screens and went straight to the desktop without applying anything. When I tried re‑entering Insider Beta, the system reverted the change on reboot and left me unenrolled again. I’ve paused the attempt to install 25H2 because it keeps trying to stage and uses a large amount of disk space. The upgrade failures all behave the same way. The “Preparing updates” part at restart completes, the offline portion completes, but the online configuration phase never runs. The system just rolls back to the desktop with no visible error. The error code I’ve seen is 0x8007000D, and the failure happens during the SECOND_BOOT / MIGRATE_DATA phase. I also tried getting help through support. One rep said she would remote in to troubleshoot, but that session never happened. The next rep did remote in, but only cleared temporary files and ran a basic step. During that conversation I was told the case was waiting for escalation, then that there was no escalation team, and then that it had been forwarded to the correct team. The case was closed before I had time to reply or ask anything. There seems to be a servicing stack mismatch as well. DISM reports version 10.0.26100.8772, while the image version shows 10.0.26300.8772. The same mismatch appears across other command‑line tools I used while trying to clear space and repair the servicing environment. I’ve been working on this for days now and I’m really hoping someone can help. Thank you in advance.