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- Windows 8.1 media creation tool failed to complete drivers#
- Windows 8.1 media creation tool failed to complete upgrade#
I experienced this issue and attempted it 4 times and only got it up the 5th time.
Windows 8.1 media creation tool failed to complete upgrade#
If they can produce a a smooth Windows 7 upgrade that works without a clean install, surely they can manage this. What a shambles Microsoft is getting itself into.
Windows 8.1 media creation tool failed to complete drivers#
I have seen lots of advice about making sure you uninstall your security software first, detach all your USB devices, update all your drivers, especially your video drivers and even disconnect all your additional internal hard drives! How naff is that? Millions of non- savvy computer Windows are out there who are going to have similar problems. So, I thought that waiting for the roll out would be the best policy, but no. This repeatedly failed after the first reboot. Now I was one of those impatient folk who tried to manage the upgrade ahead of time using the Windows 10 Media Creation tool. How naff is an upgrade process that it cannot manage this? I remember upgrading to Windows 7 with absolutely no problems. It is now 8.30 in the morning and nothing has changed. " chugging away and the hard drive very busy doing something. The number of frustrated complaints out there is mounting rapidly. My annoyance and frustration knows no bounds! MS really have shot themselves in the foot over this upgrade. The roll out has reached me! "Yippee!" I exclaimed. Ideally I wanted to keep everything, but as long as Windows 10 is installed thats fine. My savior turned out to be Media Creation Tool, where I had to select "Keep only files" (not apps/programs). Think I might be needing it.Įdit 3: Made it through all errors at last. Beginning to understand why Microsoft gave me a year to update. Anyway, what fixed it for me was disconnecting a external USB soundcard before installing.Įdit 2: I seem to be stuck at the third error 8007002 C-4001E. A real bummer.Įdit: Problem solved, although I'm now getting a third (!) error. That is, until this error.īeen searching high and low for a solution, but nothing so far. That must have confused the installer, but worked like a charm after a format. I've had that old system disk plugged in on F: without doing anything more to it. A few months back I (at last) made the switch to SSD, and used some tool to clone the content of my system disk onto my new SSD. I first had a problem getting Windows 10 to download at all, which was solved when I formated my prior Windows-disk.