Solved. My feedback for those who are having same 0x8007042B 0x4000D error on an upgrade.
My wife has an old but very good i7 2600k on a Z77-A with 4+4G DDR3.
It was running Win 11 23h2 and I was trying to upgrade to 25h2 by doing an in-place upgrade and it was failing with 0x8007042B 0x4000D error.
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The error seems to imply it is trying to migrate some type of Data but cannot.
The path to the solution I found on MS SetupDiag.
So I ran SetupDiag.exe, on the C:\$Windows.~bt\Sources and then opening C:\Windows\logs\SetupDiag\SetupDiagResults.xml
On SetupDiagResults.xml it said that D:\Users\Nadia\Documents\My Music folder was preventing to install and that I should delete the folder.
I don´t know why, under Documents, there was two Music folders. One was D:\Users\Nadia\Documents\Music (almost empty) and another D:\Users\Nadia\Documents\My Music (with musics). So I moved all files and folders from D:\Users\Nadia\Documents\My Music to D:\Users\Nadia\Documents\Music and deleted D:\Users\Nadia\Documents\My Music.
Documents also had two Picture folders: D:\Users\Nadia\Documents\My Pictures and D:\Users\Nadia\Documents\Pictures so I moved all files and folders from D:\Users\Nadia\Documents\My Pictures to D:\Users\Nadia\Documents\Pictures and deleted D:\Users\Nadia\Documents\My Pictures.
I think My Music, My Pictures and My Videos came from a Win 7 Pro installation. Although I did a Win 11 23h2 clean install on the SSD the data structure was kept the same on the HDD data drive.
Tried again the in-place upgrade and it was successful
My wife has an old but very good i7 2600k on a Z77-A with 4+4G DDR3.
It was running Win 11 23h2 and I was trying to upgrade to 25h2 by doing an in-place upgrade and it was failing with 0x8007042B 0x4000D error.
0x8007042B 0x4000D search
The error seems to imply it is trying to migrate some type of Data but cannot.
The path to the solution I found on MS SetupDiag.
So I ran SetupDiag.exe, on the C:\$Windows.~bt\Sources and then opening C:\Windows\logs\SetupDiag\SetupDiagResults.xml
On SetupDiagResults.xml it said that D:\Users\Nadia\Documents\My Music folder was preventing to install and that I should delete the folder.
I don´t know why, under Documents, there was two Music folders. One was D:\Users\Nadia\Documents\Music (almost empty) and another D:\Users\Nadia\Documents\My Music (with musics). So I moved all files and folders from D:\Users\Nadia\Documents\My Music to D:\Users\Nadia\Documents\Music and deleted D:\Users\Nadia\Documents\My Music.
Documents also had two Picture folders: D:\Users\Nadia\Documents\My Pictures and D:\Users\Nadia\Documents\Pictures so I moved all files and folders from D:\Users\Nadia\Documents\My Pictures to D:\Users\Nadia\Documents\Pictures and deleted D:\Users\Nadia\Documents\My Pictures.
I think My Music, My Pictures and My Videos came from a Win 7 Pro installation. Although I did a Win 11 23h2 clean install on the SSD the data structure was kept the same on the HDD data drive.
Tried again the in-place upgrade and it was successful
- Windows Build/Version
- Win 11 25h2
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My Computers
System One System Two
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- OS
- Windows 11 Pro - Windows 7 HP 64 - Lubuntu
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Manufacturer/Model
- custom build
- CPU
- i5 6600K - 800MHz to 4400MHz
- Motherboard
- GA-Z170-HD3P
- Memory
- 4+4G GSkill DDR4 3000
- Graphics Card(s)
- IG - Intel 530
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Samsung 226BW
- Screen Resolution
- 1680x1050
- Hard Drives
- (1) -1 SM951 – 128GB M.2 AHCI PCIe SSD drive for Win 11
(2) -1 WD SATA 3 - 1T for Data
(3) -1 WD SATA 3 - 1T for backup
(4) -1 BX500 SSD - 256G for Windows 7 and Lubuntu
- PSU
- Thermaltake 450W TR2 gold
- Keyboard
- Old and good Chicony mechanical keyboard
- Mouse
- Logitech mX performance - 9 buttons (had to disable some)
- Internet Speed
- 500 Mb/s
- Browser
- Firefox 64
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- Operating System
- Windows 11 Pro
- Computer type
- Laptop
- Manufacturer/Model
- Asus Q550LF
- CPU
- i7-4500U 800- 3000MHz
- Motherboard
- Asus Q550LF
- Memory
- (4+4)G DDR3 1600
- Graphics card(s)
- IG intel 4400 + NVIDIA GeForce GT 745M
- Sound Card
- Realtek
- Monitor(s) Displays
- LG Display LP156WF4-SPH1
- Screen Resolution
- 1920 x 1080
- Hard Drives
- BX500 120G SSD for Windows and programs
& 1T HDD for data
- Internet Speed
- 500 Mb/s
- Browser
- Firefox 64
