Cannot do in place upgrade on Win 11 guest (VMWare)

Subscriber43 · Dec 22, 2022

Trying to do an "in place upgrade" on one of my virtual machines.
Version on VMWare is Win 11 beta 22623.730.
I have a UUPDump ISO of 22623.1028.

I mount the ISO in the VM through file explorer, and run the setup.exe file.
It says "Installing Windows Server".
When I click continue, I am offered only a clean install, i.e. no option to keep files/apps (greyed out).

Stumped.

Edit:
I have upgraded this same VM from Win 10 using a 22623.730 ISO with no problem.
I'm also wondering why the ISO is detected as :Windows Server"

NavyLCDR · Dec 22, 2022

If you go to the Sources folder in the mouted ISO file there will be either install.wim or install.esd. Run
dism /get-wiminfo /wimfile:install.wim
or
dism /get-wiminfo /wimfile:install.esd

That will tell you which version of Windows are included in the install archive.

Code:

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.22621.963]
(c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Windows\System32>f:

F:\>cd sources

F:\sources>dir install.*
 Volume in drive F is ESD-ISO
 Volume Serial Number is C724-8E60

 Directory of F:\sources

12/14/2022  08:10 AM     4,057,847,146 install.esd
               1 File(s)  4,057,847,146 bytes
               0 Dir(s)               0 bytes free

F:\sources>dism /get-wiminfo /wimfile:install.esd

Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
Version: 10.0.19041.1940

Details for image : install.esd

Index : 1
Name : Windows 10 Home
Description : Windows 10 Home
Size : 15,098,360,792 bytes

Index : 2
Name : Windows 10 Home N
Description : Windows 10 Home N
Size : 14,326,729,982 bytes

Index : 3
Name : Windows 10 Home Single Language
Description : Windows 10 Home Single Language
Size : 15,101,147,257 bytes

Index : 4
Name : Windows 10 Education
Description : Windows 10 Education
Size : 15,438,612,142 bytes

Index : 5
Name : Windows 10 Education N
Description : Windows 10 Education N
Size : 14,676,047,995 bytes

Index : 6
Name : Windows 10 Pro
Description : Windows 10 Pro
Size : 15,435,570,649 bytes

Index : 7
Name : Windows 10 Pro N
Description : Windows 10 Pro N
Size : 14,673,174,575 bytes

The operation completed successfully.

F:\sources>

Subscriber43 · Dec 22, 2022

PS F:\sources> dism /get-wiminfo /wimfile:install.wim

Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
Version: 10.0.22621.1

Details for image : install.wim

Index : 1
Name : Windows 11 Home
Description : Windows 11 Home
Size : 16,632,555,976 bytes

Index : 2
Name : Windows 11 Pro
Description : Windows 11 Pro
Size : 16,823,286,539 bytes

The operation completed successfully.
PS F:\sources>

OAT · Dec 23, 2022

Are you trying to upgrade a Insider Beta version to a stabble version?
You can't unless you do a clean install, even on a VM.
This is why the version is erroneous, it can't make sense of it.

Subscriber43 · Dec 23, 2022

OAT said:
Are you trying to upgrade a Insider Beta version to a stabble version?
You can't unless you do a clean install, even on a VM.
This is why the version is erroneous, it can't make sense of it.

Well, I am trying to upgrade beta 22623.730. to beta 22623.1028.

johnlgalt · Dec 23, 2022

First off, what happens if you boot from the .ISO - does it offer upgrade, or only a new install?

Also, I recommend that you build a new .ISO - in looking at UUPDump, I don't see that build offered (anymore - at least it is not there now), see 22623 - Browse known builds

Unless you have a particular need for that exact build to be installed?

Subscriber43 · Dec 23, 2022

johnlgalt said:
First off, what happens if you boot from the .ISO - does it offer upgrade, or only a new install?

Also, I recommend that you build a new .ISO - in looking at UUPDump, I don't see that build offered (anymore - at least it is not there now), see 22623 - Browse known builds

Unless you have a particular need for that exact build to be installed?

1. I haven't tried booting the VM from the ISO, just mounting it inside the VM. Will try booting it.
2. The build doesn't matter, as long as it's newer. Will try to create another UUPDump ISO with the latest build.

Thanks for the input.

johnlgalt · Dec 23, 2022

re: Build not mattering: Normally, I'd agree, but sometimes builds have had issues, and a lot of times I've had issues with doing in-place upgrades, the builds also tend to disappear quickly because of said issues lol.

Since that has happened to me in the past, I suggested it as a possibility as to why it's not showing - precisely because it was reported that that particular .ISO refused to run correctly to update / upgrade systems. This is most likely not the case - but stranger things have happened.

Subscriber43 · Dec 23, 2022

johnlgalt said:
re: Build not mattering: Normally, I'd agree, but sometimes builds have had issues, and a lot of times I've had issues with doing in-place upgrades, the builds also tend to disappear quickly because of said issues lol.

Since that has happened to me in the past, I suggested it as a possibility as to why it's not showing - precisely because it was reported that that particular .ISO refused to run correctly to update / upgrade systems. This is most likely not the case - but stranger things have happened.

Understood. Will try with build 22623.1037.