When you run Setup from the Windows 10 or 11 ISO, the system may immediately crash and reboot. The user may not realize the reboot was due to a kernel-mode crash.
For instance, running the Windows 11 22H2 setup from the ISO may crash the system and restart the PC immediately. The Installation Assistant or Media Creation Tool may crash/reboot the device after the download phase.Read more
If you’re using Windows 10 or 11 Home Edition, you can upgrade to Pro Edition (the upgrade costs USD 99) by changing the product key and activating it. This article tells you how to upgrade Windows 10/11 Home to Pro. No reinstallation is required.Read more
When you upgrade from Windows 7 or Windows 8 to Windows 10 or 11 or do a repair installation, the error 0x800707E7 – 0x3000D may occur and the setup is canceled automatically. The same error may occur when installing a Feature Update (e.g., upgrading from 21H2 to 22H2). Here is the full error message:
We couldn't install Windows 10. We've set your PC back to the way it was just before you started installing Windows 10. 0x800707E7 - 0X3000D The installation failed in the FIRST_BOOT phase with an error during MIGRATE_DATA operation.
When upgrading to Windows 10 or 11 from Windows 7, 8, or 8.1, or updating Windows 10 or 11, you might encounter the error We couldn’t update system reserved partition, or error 0xc1900104, or error code 0x800f0922.
When this happens, the setupact.log in the Panther directory may contain the following entries:
Info CFreeSystemPartitionDiskSpaceChecker: checked InsufficientSystemPartitionDiskSpace, found HardBlock.Not enough space on partition [\\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolume1\] Required: 15 MB. Available: 9 MB. Info ConX::Compatibility::FreeSystemPartitionDiskSpaceCheckerImpl::SaveToPersistableData: Save data - FreeSystemPartitionDiskSpaceCheckerImpl = no Info ConX::Compatibility::CCompatibilityHost::SerializeData: Provider wsc:setup: is serializing 28 bytes of data. Info [0x090008] PANTHR CBlackboard::Open: C:\$WINDOWS.~BT\Sources\Panther\CompatScanCache.dat succeeded. Info [0x090009] PANTHR CBlackboard::Close: c:\$windows.~bt\sources\panther\compatscancache.dat. Info ConX::Compatibility::CCompatibilityController::ReportData: Type: [0], ID: [2], ReportOption: [2] Info ConX::Compatibility::CCompatibilityHost::SetScanResult: Provider wsc:setup: reports HardBlock Info MOUPG InitializeRoutine: MOSETUP_ACTION_IMAGE_EXIT Info MOUPG ImageExit: Initializing SetupResult: [0xc1900201] Info MOUPG ImageExit: Initializing Extended: [0x20008]
This happens if the System Reserved Partition (SRP) or the EFI partition is full. The EFI or the System Reserve Partition partition on your hard drive that stores boot information for Windows.
According to Microsoft, to upgrade your device, you’ll need to free up 15MB of space on the SRP using the appropriate method below. And then try the upgrade again. If you’re updating Windows 10, you need to free up 13MB.Read more
When installing an update, especially a Cumulative Update or .NET Framework package in your Windows 10 or 11 computer, the update installation may fail with an error code 0x800F0922 (“CBS_E_INSTALLERS_FAILED“) or 0xc1900104 or the error message “Something didn’t go as planned”.Read more