Update to 22H2 fails at 87% on 3 incompatible (almost identical) Laptops with no error log.


lafargeotte

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Upgrade from Win11 21H2 either from mounted ISO or from USB stick gets to 87%, message appears that PC will restart, then the installation stops, and am taken back to the desktop with a basic error message "The installation failed". I cannot find any error log.

This happens on all 3 laptops at the same point.

Any ideas please?
 
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21H2 Build 22000.1042

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If you have it installed:
Uninstall Malwarebytes
Uninstall ZoneAlarm
Decrypt VeraCrypt System partition.

You can enable those after you're done installing and updating.
 

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Did you use Rufus to create the USB from the ISO. Update/Upgrade on incompatible devices will normally fail (or unless you tweak registry settings et al). One of the reasons why a clean install is recommended.

However, have had success with Rufus USB > don't boot, just run setup.exe from within current installation.

EDIT : When creating the Rufus USB, make sure you tick the right boxes to bypass Windows ersatz security checks.

Bon chance.
 

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If you have it installed:
Uninstall Malwarebytes
Uninstall ZoneAlarm
Decrypt VeraCrypt System partition.

You can enable those after you're done installing and updating.
None of those installed.
 

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Did you use Rufus to create the USB from the ISO. Update/Upgrade on incompatible devices will normally fail (or unless you tweak registry settings et al). One of the reasons why a clean install is recommended.

However, have had success with Rufus USB > don't boot, just run setup.exe from within current installation.

EDIT : When creating the Rufus USB, make sure you tick the right boxes to bypass Windows ersatz security checks.

Bon chance.
USB was made with Rufus, including the security checks.
 

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Just wondering, could it be to do with partitions?
 

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Is NET framework 3.5 disabled? I remember this along with Malwarebytes prevented installation.
 

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Sorry, it was not clear - including by passing security checks.
 

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Following on from my previous post, I have seen that the recovery partition on all 3 laptops is before the Windows partition.
On my desktop, which upgraded successfully, the recovery partition is after the Windows partition.
Should the recovery partition be after the Windows partition?
I would like to try (on one laptop initially) to move the recovery partition or delete and add a new recovery partition after the Windows partition to see if that is what is causing the fail.
Can anyone point me to a reliable tutorial to do this please.
 

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Before the 2019 version of Windows 10 came out the default disk layout was:
Recovery-EFI-MSRP-System (usually C:)
You can see all of this on my 2014 vintage Surface Pro 3, via MiniTool Partition Wizard:
1665783327456.png
After that version came out, the default disk layout changed to
EFI-MSRP-System (usually C:)-Recovery. Omitting the MSRP (which follows the EFI pretty much always), that layout looks like this in Disk Management on my 2019 or 2020 vintage Lenovo X12 Hybrid Laptop:
1665783483284.png
HTH,
--Ed--
 

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I do recall that on a number of clean installs the recovery partition has been at the "end" of the other partitions.

However, none of my devices has a recovery partition any more ... I just create image(s) - Macrium Reflect/AOMEI Backupper - and then delete the recovery partition.

So far, nothing has failed.
 

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    Windows 11 2xH2 (latest update ... forever anal)
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    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Slim S01
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    Intel i5-12400
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    8GB
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    NVIDIA GeForce GT730
    Sound Card
    OOBE
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    Acer 32"
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    512GB KIOXIA NVMe
    1TB SATA SSD
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    OOBE
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    Windows 11 Pro 2xH2 (latest update ... 4ever anal)
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    HP Pavillion 15
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    i7-1165G7 @ 2.80GHz
    Graphics card(s)
    Intel Iris Xe Graphics
    Hard Drives
    Samsung NVMe 512GB
    + numerous/multiple SSD Type C USB enclosures
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    NBN FTTN 50
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    Brave
    Antivirus
    KIS
Even putting the partitions in the right order did not solve the problem.

So I did a clean install on one of the laptops which worked fine. I then imaged the disk of that laptop and put the image on the other laptops. All seems ok now.
 

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Windows 11 25H2AMD Ryzen 5 1600 - 6 Core24GBNvidia 1030GT
OS
Windows 11 25H2
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Manufacturer/Model
Custom Build
CPU
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 - 6 Core
Motherboard
Asus
Memory
24GB
Graphics Card(s)
Nvidia 1030GT
Sound Card
On Board
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Iiyama24
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