Title pretty much sums it up. I'm getting stuck at 54% in the store, then it fails and gives me error 0x80070002.
I've tried literally everything I can think of, SFC /scannow, dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth, a microsoft fixit related to this error, wsreset on the store, deleted the software distribution folder (more than once), unplugged all of my hard drives (PITA!!!) except my ssd the system is located on, unplugged my external harddrive, mic, webcam, unscrewed my integrated wifi thing (disabled in windows anyway) reset file permissions, reset pretty much everything, still a no-go
Oh, I've also tried installing 8.1 with the offline installer provided by Microsoft using a KMS key (because it wont let me use my windows 8 key for 8.1 - but you can validate your 8 key once 8.1 is installed...) but it says something went wrong.
Kinda wondering how a 3 month old system could be so badly borked
My Student MSDN account is pending renewal, so I imagine I can at least get an 8.1 key from there (not that I should need another)
Winapp2 - Just by chance, is the SSD in question made by Crucial? I've been on their forum recently and quite a few people are having problems with Windows update going belly up after cloning their system to a new M500 SSD. It seems to be a compatibility problem with the Intel Rapid Storage Technology drivers and Crucial's MU03 firmware for the M500 series. Don't know why or how it affects the OS, but some people claim that only the latest version of the Intel drivers should be used.
No it's an OCZ drive. I do have the intel rapid storage technology installed but I have a RAID array that I use that for (currently unplugged for this debacle)
I was about to say something about you using an SSD possibly causing the issue, then saw Derek891's reply.
If you use anti-virus and/or anti-malware try completely disabling them in Services, and then rebooting. I'd imagine they'd possibly cause some issues with an OS update like that.
I don't have any AV software installed, I've just updated my bios (which broke my bootloader and reset all my custom bios settings like my 9-9-9-24 timings) so once I get that all fixed I'll try disabling secure boot
edit: I've also now disconnected my 2nd and 3rd monitors, still no dice
Currently building a bootable 8.1 USB, will see if I can offline install with that :|
Edit: This is just.. dumb.
you can burn a bootable 8.1 image, which when you boot into it tells you to boot into windows to run the update, which tells me "something went wrong" and gives no information. Completely useless.
Hello Winapp2 - I did some Googling into the wee hours last night, and you are definitely not alone when it comes to this problem. There are two things I came across that you might consider trying. First, do you have data encryption enabled via the drive's firmware? Somehow Opal and Windows Update don't play well together, try disabling it before your next attempt. Second, some people recommend running msconfig, disabling all non-Windows services under the Service tab, rebooting, then running the 8.1 update.
You need to use gpt on a uefi system from what I understand.. But it doesn't matter anymore.. I completely broke my windows install somehow trying to get through this and it no longer boots. I'm currently xcopying my drive and then I'm gonna do a reset.
I disable all non essential services from boot regardless, my drive is not encrypted, and my above post should say lachesis 5600 not lycosa but I can't figure out how to edit posts via mobile
I've wiped and reinstalled, updated to 8.1, updated to 8.1u1 because if it's gonna kill my computer, it's gonna kill it before I've set it all back up again.
Only remaining issue is settling back in and disabling the extremely obnoxious requests for admin permission to do things even though my UAC is off