0x20017 error when upgrading to 22H2

Hello.

I'm always getting the dreaded 0xC1900101-0x20017 installation error when upgrading to 22H2 from 21H2 via in-place upgrade. Installation will finish at 100% and reboot the system but when the system boots up, the spinning circle freezes after a while. I have to forcefully shut down the device by pressing the power button and the system automatically rolls back to 21H2.

Microsoft's support page says that "A driver has caused a problem." I found and removed the problematic drivers using SetupDiag, but the issue still persists. I think there are still drivers in my system that must be removed/updated.

I've also tried installing 22H2 via clean install but the problem remains. Same frozen spinning circle at loading screen. Can't even get past the installer window. The BIOS may have also something to do with the error. BIOS is on the latest, version 1.26.

Please do note that I am using Windows 11 on unsupported hardware. I installed 21H2 via Rufus with the requirement check bypassed. I'm using the official 22H2 ISO from Microsoft with the registry bypass for hardware requirements.

Any solutions? I'm thinking this might be the end of the line for my device, but I would be really glad to hear anyone who has successfully upgraded to 22H2 using the same laptop model as mine.

Meanwhile, my N4120 tablet here is enjoying the latest 22H2 build. Sigh.

SetupDiag results can be found here: logs

I Googled that error message and found lots of advice.


It's about 10, but it has lots of ideas for you to try.

lionn016 said:

installed 21H2 via Rufus with the requirement check bypassed. I'm using the official 22H2 ISO from Microsoft with the registry bypass for hardware requirements.

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Just a thought here but it seems to me you are double-whammying it. I would think that you should use one method (Rufus bypass) or the other (registry bypass).
There could very well be a conflict between the two that's throwing out the error. But I really don't know since every system I've dealt with is compatible. I'm just saying it could be the problem.

glasskuter said:

Just a thought here but it seems to me you are double-whammying it. I would think that you should use one method (Rufus bypass) or the other (registry bypass).
There could very well be a conflict between the two that's throwing out the error. But I really don't know since every system I've dealt with is compatible. I'm just saying it could be the problem.

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Thank you for pointing that out. But I'm afraid it did not solve the problem. I've removed the registry key for bypassing the hardware check and let Rufus do its thing. Tried both in-place upgrade and clean install. Same error result.

kelper said:

I Googled that error message and found lots of advice.

0xC1900101 – 0x20017, Installation failed in SAFE_OS phase with an error during BOOT operation

Fix Error 0xC1900101 - 0x20006, The installation failed in the SAFE_OS phase error during BOOT operation, during Windows Setup.

www.thewindowsclub.com

It's about 10, but it has lots of ideas for you to try.

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Thanks for the suggestion, but I've already tried updating drivers and uninstalling the problematic ones. I did perform a clean boot before doing the in-place upgrade but to no avail.

Did you try disabling wifi?