After DoD Wipe Cannot Install OS

FSchleyhahn · Jan 5, 2024

I used Jetico's BC Wipe to overwrite my SSD and SATA Drives and have been attempting to install an OS (both Windows 10 and 11) to the SSD but I keep getting the message that Windows Cannot Install Required Files Error Code 0x800701B1. I have used different USB Drives and even burned ISOs of the OS to DVDs to boot from and regardless of what I try, I cannot get Windows to install because of this error. I have used both Rufus and the Easy Media Creation Tool from Microsoft and have tried various versions of both Windows 10 and 11, and no matter what I try, I keep getting this message. I have googled this error and have tried everything that's been suggested. Most articles I find point to a faulty ISO or thumb drive, but that just cannot be the case because I have tried multiple thumb drives to install from with multiple ISOs. I have gone to a command prompt and with diskpart, cleaned the drive, low level formatted the drive and ran chkdsk, but there are no errors. I am hoping that someone in this forum might be able to help me. Many thanks for your assistance.

Berton · Jan 5, 2024

Were you ever given a choice of Initializing the drive? Should get either MBR or GPT, for modern computers choose GPT.

A tip about forums, using all caps and bold is akin to shouting.

FSchleyhahn · Jan 5, 2024

No, I was never given that option--I do see the drive as a choice to install to and I have deleted the partition and re-created it (many times), and then the files copy (gets to 100%) but then on the next phase, it just sits there and eventually shows up with the error message Windows Cannot Install Required Files Error Code 0x800701B1.

My apologies for the bold faced letters--I wrote up my question in Word first then did a copy/paste into the forum, and that's how it came across.

Rollback_Jockey · Jan 5, 2024

Try plugging your USB device into a USB2.0 socket and repeat the install attempt.

FSchleyhahn · Jan 5, 2024

Unfortunately, I already tried that--I tried every USB socket on the computer and still have the same issue.

Megahertz · Jan 5, 2024

Please edit your profile with ALL your hardware specs. It will help us to help you

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If it's an Intel 11,12 or 13 gen you need to furnish the IRST drivers to see drive you want to install on.
The problem is that Intel furnish the drivers as an exe file and they need to be furnished as *.Sys, *.cat, *.ini etc

On the Intel Site you will find a *.exe and you need to extract the drivers from it.

Extracting drivers from the RST installer

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FSchleyhahn · Jan 5, 2024

Thank you. I was able to extract the files and I also updated my profile with the hardware specs of my computer. So at what point do I use these extracted files? Keep in mind that the SSD has been completely wiped so I am booting from a bootable USB with Windows 10. Do I load these extracted files somehow before I attempt the OS installation?

Megahertz · Jan 5, 2024

You can't install Win 11 on a i7-6700K computer without the workaround. You don't need the IRST drivers as it's not an Intel 11,12 or 13 gen

To install Win 11 you need to use the workaround See Brink tutorial

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BIOS
Set Disk mode to AHCI, not RAID
Select OS mode = UEFI
Disable fast boot and secure boot (you can turn it on after installation)

Windows can be installed in two ways: Legacy-MBR or UEFI-GPT
To install as Legacy-MBR you must boot the installation drive as Legacy
To install as UEFI-GPT you must boot the installation drive as UEFI.

AS you have a UEFI BIOS, you should install as UEFI-GPT
Detach any other drives (SATA or Power cable) from the MB).

During POST, press F9(?) to launch the boot menu. You will see two options for the USB drive. USB UEFI (Name) and USB (Name). Select USB UEFI (Name) to install as UEFI-GPT
Once you see the drive, delete ALL partitions on the main drive till you have one and only one unallocated space and then proceed.
If you don't want to use MS account, don't enable updates or connect to the internet during installation.

If you want to use a local account What is "oobe\bypassnro"

Berton · Jan 5, 2024

Megahertz said:
You can't install Win 11 on a i7-6700K computer without the workaround. You don't need the IRST drivers as it's not an Intel 11,12 or 13 gen

To install Win 11 you need to use the workaround See Brink tutorial

I have Win11 on even older computers using the single-file change without issues, so far updates haven't interfered.

FSchleyhahn · Jan 5, 2024

Even if I try to install Windows 10, I still get the message Windows Cannot Install Required Files Error Code 0x800701B1. Again, I boot from the bootable USB created from Rufus and another one created from Windows Media Creation Tool and I see the SSD drive I wish to install to and it gets to 100% of the initial file copy, but then that error shows up.

hsehestedt · Jan 5, 2024

FSchleyhahn said:
I have deleted the partition and re-created it (many times)

I'm going to take a guess that you possibly did not do this step correctly.

Let's try this:

Boot from your Windows installation media. At the very first static screen (the screen where you are asked to make some language selections) press SHIFT + F10. A command prompt will open.

Run these commands:

diskpart
list disk

From the list of disks, you should be able to determine which disk is the SSD by its size. Hopefully it is a different size that your other disk. Make a note of the disk number for that SSD and use that in place of the "x" as you continue by running the commands below:

select disk x
clean
convert GPT

(if your system is legacy BIOS and not UEFI, then use MBR in place of GPT. If you see an error running this command, ignore it.)

exit
exit

At this point the disk is initialized but has no partitions. When you select that disk to install Windows onto, Windows will create the needed partitions.

Continue with the installation of Windows.

If this still does not work, start the procedure again and jot down what options you are selecting on each screen so that we can "see" if you are making an incorrect along the way somewhere.

Berton · Jan 5, 2024

Some pages about the error code:

Error Code 0x800701B1 at DuckDuckGo

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In circumstances such as this I boot to a bootable Linux LiveDVD or bootable USB drive, even a GPARTED LiveCD [runs a lite version of Linux] to check the drive. I haven't had need for the DOD wipe as GPARTED has done well in preparing a used drive for further use.

BamaInArk · Jan 5, 2024

Do you have another SSD to try to install to? And FWIW you can install Win10/11 onto a clean unused SSD so no need to initialize the drive. Besides the Windows installer does not even offer that. I'm wondering if that Jedico utility might have messed up the SSD? Seems to me some of the utilities that may work on a HDD(spinner drive) don't work on an SSD. There are other utilities for safely secure wiping of SSDs.

FSchleyhahn · Jan 5, 2024

hsehestedt, I did exactly as you instructed. I booted from the USB and went to a command prompt via SHIFT+F10 and cleaned and converted the drive to GPT. I exited back into the setup, selected the defaults for each window then chose Custom for the install type. I then saw my drive (Drive0 Unallocated space 476.9GB). With it highlighted, I selected Next and then it went to the Installing Windows window, saying that Your computer will restart several times. This might take a while. It made it to 100% of the "Copying Windows files" and then it just stopped. After about 5m, it says "Windows cannot install required files. Make sure all files required for installation are available and restart the installation. Error code: 0x800701B1.

Graulges · Jan 5, 2024

This might have something useful.

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hsehestedt · Jan 5, 2024

Okay, that's very interesting. So, it sees the drive, it can partition and format it, it can copy files to it, but then fails.

The error code you are seeing indicates a problem with the installation media.

If you wouldn't mind, I would like to ask you to create your installation media once more, but do it like this:

Connect your USB drive to be used for installing Windows to another PC
Run these commands from a command prompt (this will be similar to before).

diskpart
list disk

Determine which drive the USB drive is and note the disk number. Use that number in place of "x" below. If you get an error running the "convert mbr", just ignore it.

select disk x
clean
convert mbr
create partition primary

(NOTE: If your USB drive is larger than 32GB, use this instead: create partition primary size=30000)

format fs=fat32 quick
assign
exit
exit

Now use the Media Creation Tool to create the USB drive once more.

Try installing once again.

BamaInArk · Jan 5, 2024

hsehestedt said:
Okay, that's very interesting. So, it sees the drive, it can partition and format it, it can copy files to it, but then fails.

The error code you are seeing indicates a problem with the installation media.

Not necessarily. Installation media "could" be one of the possible problems indicated by that error code. I do wonder if the installation media being used IS the issue.

hsehestedt · Jan 5, 2024

BamaInArk said:
I do wonder if the installation media being used IS the issue.

Not likely. The OP noted that they tried multiple different USB drives. However, it could be the manner in which the installation media has previously been partitioned / formatted, especially if all the drives were prepped the same way. But I agree with you that it could be something entirely different, but my gut tells me that we are close to a resolution here

garlin · Jan 5, 2024

My take is to perform a "clean; convert" or "clean; convert gpt" and resume Setup so it creates all the partitions like a blank disk.
If that works, I'll provide the explanation why.

FSchleyhahn · Jan 5, 2024

I did exactly as instructed. Now, when I run the Media Creation Tool, I get an error: There was a problem running this tool. We're not sure what happened, but we're unable to run this tool on your PC. If you continue experiencing problems, reference the error code when contacting customer support. Error code: 0x9031004A - 0xA001B.

Do you think this is because it is formatted as FAT32? I've tried this using 2 different thumb drives and am getting the same results.