Upgrading ASUS PRO50R (F5R) to windows 10 fails with error 0xC1900101

Microsoft explained the error code in this KB article

This error occurs because a driver STOP error occurs during the Windows 10 upgrade.

Resolution

Make sure all that drivers are updated.

Open the Setuperr.log and Setupact.log files under the %windir%\Panther directory, and then locate the problem drivers.

Update or uninstall the problem drivers.

So, this is a driver issue. Update all drivers, boot in clean mode (stopping all 3rd party tools) and next try to update.

magicandre1981

Posted 2016-07-20T09:58:18.683

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that's exactly my problem, that it doesn't show any filenames related to devices... – George Salukvadze – 2016-07-20T16:02:35.227

share the logs and also try to update each driver. the upgrade can also fail if the partitions are encrypted with disk encrypter tools (Veracrypt, truecrypt) – magicandre1981 – 2016-07-20T16:18:54.617

I have added the link to logfile into main post. And I don't use any encryption – George Salukvadze – 2016-07-21T09:17:44.547

this can be also chipset/SATA driver issues. try different drivers – magicandre1981 – 2016-07-23T08:05:47.030

what exactly do you mean, different drivers? different version? – George Salukvadze – 2016-07-25T08:17:43.683

in any case, there are no Chipset or SATA drivers on ASUS download page for this model... I even tried to do this using Driver Agent, which downloaded driver, but it in turn couldn't find any installable components... – George Salukvadze – 2016-07-25T08:42:05.153

go to device manager and if you see AMD/Intel SATA controller, go to update driver and select the Microsoft standard controller. – magicandre1981 – 2016-07-25T15:25:29.177

Nope, I see Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller... – George Salukvadze – 2016-07-26T08:22:49.043

ok, you run in IDE mode. change to AHCI: http://winaero.com/blog/switch-from-ide-to-achi-after-installing-windows-7-or-windows-8/ and try now to update to Windows 10

– magicandre1981 – 2016-07-26T14:28:00.737

Still seeing Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller, although in BIOS it is set to AHCI, and in registry I changed DWORD to 0. Will try the update now – George Salukvadze – 2016-07-26T15:50:24.863

Unfortunately, still no luck... Still Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller in Device Manager. And I was wrong about BIOS - there is no such option (AHCI/IDE), although I have latest version. And my drive is SATA, so laptop does support SATA – George Salukvadze – 2016-07-29T10:30:38.807

Anyone? No solution? – George Salukvadze – 2016-08-02T14:50:50.793

I have no idea. try the version 1607 which will be released today – magicandre1981 – 2016-08-02T15:39:06.640

get a 1607 ISO (http://superuser.com/a/1108086/174557) and try again to update

– magicandre1981 – 2016-08-03T04:51:12.160

I did, same problem. I also tried a fresh install (changing the HDD), same problem, shows loading screen then just switches off. (Windows 10 Education 1607 this time) – George Salukvadze – 2016-08-04T13:34:24.810

I'm out of ideas. Phone the MS support – magicandre1981 – 2016-08-04T14:54:09.480

I also tried to do fresh install of Windows 8.1, getting a blue screen after Windows loading screen... – George Salukvadze – 2016-08-05T12:02:58.073

Did you tried this? https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/arvindsh/2015/07/07/error-0xc1900101-0x20017-upgrading-to-windows-10-build-10162/

– Josip Ivic – 2016-07-20T13:31:12.173

I followed this instruction just now. Discovered couple of Generic volumes in hidden devices. Still same result - reboots, displays Windows 10 logo, trying to boot, and shutdowns in the end – George Salukvadze – 2016-07-20T14:06:22.210

Also, there were volume shadow copies, which I also deleted. But two Generic volumes still reappear after restart. – George Salukvadze – 2016-07-20T14:15:04.237

Upgrading ASUS PRO50R (F5R) to windows 10 fails with error 0xC1900101 - 0x20017

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