Upgrade 24H2 reserved partition error

AndreaC 0 Reputation points
2025-02-06T16:49:52.4+00:00

Hi, we have a lot of win11 23H2 that stuck during 24H2 update with error in System reserved partition, i tried different solutions like:

1)C:\Windows\System32>mountvol y: /s C:\Windows\System32>cd .. C:\Windows>y: Y:>cd efi\microsoft\boot\fonts Y:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\Fonts>del .

2)Del "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\Microsoft\Network\Downloader__.__" rmdir %systemroot%\SoftwareDistribution /S /Q rmdir %systemroot%\system32\catroot2 /S /Q

  1. following this Microsoft article https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/kb5028997-instructions-to-manually-resize-your-partition-to-install-the-winre-update-400faa27-9343-461c-ada9-24c8229763bf

no one resolves my issue.

Do you have another solution to avoid reinstallation?

Thanks

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  1. Kapil Arya 8,246 Reputation points MVP
    2025-02-07T08:41:37.4866667+00:00

    Hello,

    See if this fix helps you:

    https://www.kapilarya.com/fix-we-couldnt-update-system-reserved-partition-in-windows-11

    Let us know if this helps!

    Note: Included link in this reply refers to blog post by a trusted Microsoft MVP.


  2. AndreaC 0 Reputation points
    2025-02-10T10:16:58.0266667+00:00

    Hi, it's the first step that i tried

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  3. Hania Lian - MSFT 22,626 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
    2025-02-14T13:20:53.1433333+00:00

    Hello,

    What is the exact error message you have got?

    1. Try to uninstall the third party antivirus software temporarily if there is any one installed.
    2. Since you have tried to resize the reserved partition, try to resize a more larger size than 250MB such as 500MB.
    3. For advacned troubleshoot, we could check the C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\CBS.log for more information.

    Best Regards,

    Hania Lian

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