Solved Windows 23H2 not upgrading to newer version

Hello,

I've tried multiple times to upgrade my current Windows 23H2 build to the newer version 24H2/25H2. I’ve attempted using the Windows Installation Tool directly on the machine, creating a bootable USB stick, and also installing from an ISO file.

The installation always completes to 100% and processes the update, but after the “final reboot,” it starts undoing the changes. This leaves me with an error message, and the update never finishes successfully.

0x8007001F – 0x4000D
The installation failed in the SECOND_BOOT phase with an error during the MIGRATE_DATA operation.

I was wondering if any of you have any tricks I could try? :)

This laptop is an Asus TUF GAMING A15 (Ryzen 5 7535HS / RTX 3050)

you could try the update using a USB stick in safe mode
but i had that happen several times updating from 23H2 to 24H2
in the end i backed up all my data and did a clean install.

not much help
best of luck Steve ..

That 0x8007001F–0x4000D error usually means something went wrong while moving user data during the upgrade. Try doing a clean boot and disconnect all non-essential USB devices before running the update again — that fixes it for a lot of people.

Please run > post share links



a) upgrade_failure_info






b) Add WMIC:

DISM /Online /Add-Capability /CapabilityName:WMIC~~~~




c) tuneup_plus






d) V2 log collector

Follow this steps: Specify Target Feature Update Version in Windows 11 - but obviously set it to 24H2 (not 21H2).

Next, download and run the following app: Update Fixer - covers most Windows update related issues.

The thing is, you need 24H2 first - then upgrading to 25H2 is rather easy using the enablement package How to get the Windows 11 2025 version 25H2 Update An in-place upgrade would be another option...


...but only with 24H2.ISO

Update. I got it upgraded to 25H2.

The upgrade was failing because of a stale Entra ID (AAD) user profile that the setup couldn’t migrate properly.

What I did was, create a new local admin.

net user UpgradeAdmin P@ssw0rd /add
net localgroup Administrators UpgradeAdmin /add


Then temporarily renamed the user profile folder for the AAD user profile.

C:\Users\user.profile → C:\Users\user.profile.off


Ran these commands:

DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup
DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth
sfc /scannow


+

net stop wuauserv
net stop bits
net stop cryptsvc
net stop msiserver

ren C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution
SoftwareDistribution.old
ren C:\Windows\System32\catroot2 catroot2.old

net start msiserver
net start cryptsvc
net start bits
net start wuauserv

Put the system in Clean Boot:

Run msconfig

General: Selective startup → uncheck Load startup items
Services: check Hide all Microsoft services → Disable all

Rebooted and ran the ISO.

After upgrading renamed user.profile.off back to user.profile and signed in.

Yahoovideos said:

Update. I got it upgraded to 25H2.

The upgrade was failing because of a stale Entra ID (AAD) user profile that the setup couldn’t migrate properly.

What I did was, create a new local admin.

net user UpgradeAdmin P@ssw0rd /add
net localgroup Administrators UpgradeAdmin /add


Then temporarily renamed the user profile folder for the AAD user profile.

C:\Users\user.profile → C:\Users\user.profile.off


Ran these commands:

DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup
DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth
sfc /scannow


After upgrading renamed user.profile.off back to user.profile and signed in.

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Was the 0x8007001F–0x4000D upgrade error troubleshooted in another forum?

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