Error Media Creation Tool Code 0x8007007B-0xA001B


Nehar

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I wanted to re-install the Windows 11 on my laptop so while creating the media creation tool on a flash drive, I got this error after running the MediaCreationTool_Win11_23H2 application.

The error code is 0x8007007B-0xA001B.

My Windows status shows Active.

I will appreciate the help.

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Hi @Nehar

In this guide, you will learn the steps to use Rufus to download the ISO file and create a bootable media to install Windows 11 from scratch.

 

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Error 0x8007007b is ERROR_INVALID_NAME. It doesn't like your USB device, for some reason. You might to try quick reformatting it, or finding another drive to copy to.
 

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FreeBooter said:
Hi @Nehar

In this guide, you will learn the steps to use Rufus to download the ISO file and create a bootable media to install Windows 11 from scratch.

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Thanks @FreeBooter

It seems this error is in Version 23H2 so does seem like I have all the updates on my laptop but probably don't need to reinstall Windows 11. The reason I wanted to reinstall Windows 11 because I am trying to install a biometric device and cannot install it because I am not able to update drivers neither automatically nor manually. I have attached the log file with error. Can you please look into it?

I have Windows 11 Home Version 23H2
 

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0x80070643 Error message text: Fatal error during installation.

 

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FreeBooter said:
0x80070643 Error message text: Fatal error during installation.

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@FreeBooter

It does not let me install the drivers for Secugen neither manually nor automatically.

I see this error in the log file - 0x80070643 Error message text: Fatal error during installation.

Don't know what to do further.
 

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There is not much we can do if its buggy driver installation problem.
 

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FreeBooter said:
There is not much we can do if its buggy driver installation problem.
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do you think reinstallation of Windows 11 will resolve the issue?
 

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No repair installing or reinstalling will help its faulty buggy setup file that is causing the problem contact the driver or device support center to resolve this problem.
 

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Per Secugen, Windows Biometric Service must be enabled in order to use the WBF drivers. Drivers
Here are the guises.
 

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FreeBooter said:
There is not much we can do if its buggy driver installation problem.
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fg2001gf11F said:
😉



Note:
The ISO with split install*.swm files works fine for clean install or update in place, it fails if used with Rufus 4.3 to install Windows11 to Go.
Looks like Rufus cannot handle that split situation, it works only with an ISO file with install.wim or install.esd.
😎
🤷‍♂️
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I suggest you build the USB Win 11 23h2 installation drive using MCT

You can also build the USB Win 11 23h2 installation drive using a Win 11 23h2 iso file (downloaded from MCT) and a USB drive spited in two partitions.

If you're have a pure Sources\install.wim or Sources\install.esd bigger than 4G and you want to make a UEFI USB boot able drive, right click the Win 10 iso and choose mount. From the virtual disk created, copy all files and folders to a temporary folder.

Create two partitions on the USB drive.
- One Fat32 - 1G set as active
- One NTFS = 7G

Copy all files and folders from the temporary folder to the Fat32 partition EXCEPT the /Sources folder
Copy the /Sources from the temporary folder to the NTFS partition
Create on the Fat32 partition a /Sources folder. Move the Boot.wim from the NTFS partition /Sources folder to the Fat32 partition /Sources folder
 

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    IG intel 4400 + NVIDIA GeForce GT 745M
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Megahertz said:
I suggest you build the USB Win 11 23h2 installation drive using MCT

You can also build the USB Win 11 23h2 installation drive using a Win 11 23h2 iso file (downloaded from MCT) and a USB drive spited in two partitions.

If you're have a pure Sources\install.wim or Sources\install.esd bigger than 4G and you want to make a UEFI USB boot able drive, right click the Win 10 iso and choose mount. From the virtual disk created, copy all files and folders to a temporary folder.

Create two partitions on the USB drive.
- One Fat32 - 1G set as active
- One NTFS = 7G

Copy all files and folders from the temporary folder to the Fat32 partition EXCEPT the /Sources folder
Copy the /Sources from the temporary folder to the NTFS partition
Create on the Fat32 partition a /Sources folder. Move the Boot.wim from the NTFS partition /Sources folder to the Fat32 partition /Sources folder
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This was a procedure found in TenForum back in 2018 from Cerberus, and still works fine. 😎😉

"1) Mount iso with large install.wim as a drive (say letter D)
2) Create two partitions on usb flash drive as follows
Partition 1 - fat32 formatted say 2GB (may be less but I used 2 GB) (say letter E)
Partition 2 - NTFS formatted - rest of drive (must be large enough for INSTALL.WIM+ say 2GB) (say letter F)
INSTALL.WIM can be as large as you like.
3) Copy all of files/folders from D EXCEPT sources folder to E
4) create sources folder on E and copy BOOT.WIM from sources folder on D to sources folder on E.
5) copy all files from D to folder F (does not matter that files are on E as well).
6) Reboot PC and it will boot from FAT32 partition but install files from NTFS partition.
My PC will not boot from an NTFS partition, but I tried the above and it worked first time.
Total time to create flash drive was less than five minutes.
I have only tested this on a UEFI PC but it should work for legacy bios as well provided you make the first partition active I think."
 

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glasskuter said:
Per Secugen, Windows Biometric Service must be enabled in order to use the WBF drivers. Drivers
Here are the guises.
Click to expand...
@glasskuter

All this is done but still getting the error 0x80070643 Error message text: Fatal error during installation. I have tried manual installation as well.
 

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Nehar said:
but probably don't need to reinstall Windows 11. The reason I wanted to reinstall Windows 11 because I am trying to install a biometric device and cannot install it because I am not able to update drivers
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As far as the error that occurs during media creation, as @garlin pointed out, try another flash drive.
You say you can't update drivers which is not an accurate statement. You are unable to install A driver. As @FreeBooter stated, re-installing windows will not help you install a driver that Windows doesn't like. Re-installing windows would be an appropriate troubleshooting step ONLY if you were unable to install ANY drivers.
 

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Sometimes biometric devices have to be enabled in "BIOS" first. Check your manual.
 

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fg2001gf11F said:
This was a procedure found in TenForum back in 2018 from Cerberus, and still works fine. 😎😉

"1) Mount iso with large install.wim as a drive (say letter D)
2) Create two partitions on usb flash drive as follows
Partition 1 - fat32 formatted say 2GB (may be less but I used 2 GB) (say letter E)
Partition 2 - NTFS formatted - rest of drive (must be large enough for INSTALL.WIM+ say 2GB) (say letter F)
INSTALL.WIM can be as large as you like.
3) Copy all of files/folders from D EXCEPT sources folder to E
4) create sources folder on E and copy BOOT.WIM from sources folder on D to sources folder on E.
5) copy all files from D to folder F (does not matter that files are on E as well).
6) Reboot PC and it will boot from FAT32 partition but install files from NTFS partition.
My PC will not boot from an NTFS partition, but I tried the above and it worked first time.
Total time to create flash drive was less than five minutes.
I have only tested this on a UEFI PC but it should work for legacy bios as well provided you make the first partition active I think."
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This procedure is all over the net but I didn't see the one from Cerberus.
Personally, I prefer to use Dism to make smaller and multiple Install.swm

On Win 10, mount the iso file and copy all files and folders to a temporary folder.

Open a CMD window on the Sources\install.wim on the temporary folder (Shift+rightclick inside the folder + Open command window here)
run the command
Dism /Split-Image /ImageFile:install.wim /SWMFile:install.swm /FileSize:3800
It will create two install.swm. Delete Sources\Install.wim on the temporary folder.
Copy all files and folders from the temporary folder to the Fat32 partition on the USB drive.
 

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    Manufacturer/Model
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    CPU
    i5 6600K - 800MHz to 4400MHz
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    GA-Z170-HD3P
    Memory
    4+4G GSkill DDR4 3000
    Graphics Card(s)
    IG - Intel 530
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung 226BW
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
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    (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
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    Old and good Chicony mechanical keyboard
    Mouse
    Logitech mX performance - 9 buttons (had to disable some)
    Internet Speed
    500 Mb/s
    Browser
    Firefox 64

  • At a glance

    Windows 11 Proi7-4500U 800- 3000MHz(4+4)G DDR3 1600IG intel 4400 + NVIDIA GeForce GT 745M
    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
Megahertz said:
This procedure is all over the net but I didn't see the one from Cerberus.
Personally, I prefer to use Dism to make smaller and multiple Install.swm

On Win 10, mount the iso file and copy all files and folders to a temporary folder.

Open a CMD window on the Sources\install.wim on the temporary folder (Shift+rightclick inside the folder + Open command window here)
run the command
Dism /Split-Image /ImageFile:install.wim /SWMFile:install.swm /FileSize:3800
It will create two install.swm. Delete Sources\Install.wim on the temporary folder.
Copy all files and folders from the temporary folder to the Fat32 partition on the USB drive.
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Nothing new on split image. It was already reported earlier.
I do it that way all the time, I split the install.wim into install.swm and install2.swm. 😉
 

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Intel I9-9900K
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Reformatting as NTFS my Kingston 128GB USB drive fixed the issue.
It was formatted exFAT by factory and the MCT didn't like it crashing with the op's errors.
 

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