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I'm trying to upgrade my Windows 7 Ultimate to Windows 10.
Since I don't get my notification and don't see any updates on Windows Update I'm trying to force the upgrade.
I read on reddit that you can go to the registry and add AllowOSUpgrade
as a DWORD with the value of 1
to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\OSUpgrade
So I tried that and when I check for updates it tells me Windows 10 is ready and I press Get Started
. It downloads the 2605MB file, then it says "preparing for installation", then it gives the following error:
I tried this: Windows 7 SP1 Not Able To Run Windows Update Error 80070002 It deleted my history and the download, so I checked for updates again, pressed "Get Started" and the problem happened again.
What do I do now?
P.S. I also tried updating via the "Media Creation Tool" from Microsoft's website. It downloads everything, asks me what to save, then it says it wants to make sure I have enough space. Then it stops with an error that says something like: "couldn't make sure you have enough space on your PC", even though I have 180GB free on my only hard drive.
Any help will be much appreciated, thanks.
Perform a clean Boot then try upgrade in a clean boot state. – Moab – 2015-08-05T01:02:52.607
80070002 = file not found. Have you moved system folder away from C:\ to a different drive? – magicandre1981 – 2015-08-05T04:12:43.390
1Mine seems to get as far as rebooting into the installer, and around 13% done, 46% of the way into copying files, restarts and the goes into "restoring your previous OS". This is with Windows 8.1 on a system with around 160Gb free space. The FAQ suggests only 8Gb free space is needed. – Danny Staple – 2015-08-13T21:16:20.127
I tried following these steps - http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/windows-update-error-80070002#1TC=windows-7 - which didn't help me either. I am going to now attempt a clean boot tomorrow - as 3 attempts today is quite enough for now.
– Danny Staple – 2015-08-13T21:17:38.147Perhaps some driver or service that windows is trying to update isn't a base component, is demanded by the update, but not included in the update. Would there be more detail in event viewer or a log for it? – Danny Staple – 2015-08-14T18:22:57.390
Having a go again now - and failing that - this may then be useful: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/902093
– Danny Staple – 2015-08-14T18:43:43.603Ok - not clean boot issue - same place - 13% done, 46% files done. Same error code 80070002-20007. – Danny Staple – 2015-08-15T16:34:01.123
Ah wait - you've forced the update - which is quite different from my situation - however, I think trying the media creation tool should be my next step. – Danny Staple – 2015-08-15T16:36:03.393