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Every time I try to install Windows 10 through the Media tool I always stop at 73%. I tried to do it on a Clean Boot and it was the same. I also tried to remove the "read-only" and "system" attributes on the "$WINDOWS.~BT", but it doesn't let me change the "Read-Only" attribute on a file called boot.sdi and I don't know how to remove the "System" attribute.
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I had the same problem. There is a dialog somewhere at the start of the install process that gives you the option to install Windows 10 without updates. I tried installing again, this time i chose to install Windows 10 without updates. It worked for me. After my computer rebooted, updates started installing automatically anyway. There was a minute when the screen went black, so if that happens to you don't freak out. It will come back on. I hope this works for you.
My system is running WIndows 8.1 *Home*, not *Pro*, and yet my attempts to upgrade to Windows 10 fail at exactly the same "73%".
I have run Windows Update until there are no more updates, have more than enough storage space on the hard drive, have memory that passes all tests, have a CPU that is more than fast enough for Windows 10, and I am trying to upgrade from a DVD with the latest ISO burned to it to upgrade. No matter what I try, all attempts fail at "73%". It seems to me that this is consistent for enough of us in the Microsoft Windows community that someone at Microsoft should be able to tell us what to look for in our systems to try to get past this.
I didn't get the option to choose. However when it started to download windows 10 updates, I disconnected the internet. Then it worked fine.
I bought the upgrade to Windows 10 and I am getting the same thing. Microsoft is corrupt. They will not give you a refund or the help needed when they sell you something. You would think that the laws on merchantability would apply here. Microsoft does not care. They are only about the money. And their support center in West Nigeria is pretty much useless.
I had the same problem. There is a dialog somewhere at the start of the install process that gives you the option to install Windows 10 without updates. I tried installing again, this time i chose to install Windows 10 without updates. It worked for me. After my computer rebooted, updates started installing automatically anyway. There was a minute when the screen went black, so if that happens to you don't freak out. It will come back on. I hope this works for you.
This worked for me! Thank you so much. For those of you who want to try this method, here is what to look for:
When you are upgrading to Windows 10, one of the first screens that you see is titled "Install Windows 10". This has a paragraph explaining updates. Look below this paragraph for the link (in blue letters): "Change how Windows Setup downloads updates". Click on this link.
This brings up a screen titled "Get update, drivers and optional features." Select the "Not right now" option.
This way you can do the upgrade without first downloading the updates. If the upgrade is successful, then the follow-up updating can take place. In my case this updating began automatically, and it took quite a while, more than one hour.
