Windows 11 Repair Install Fails second_boot phase

Question

I am having a frustrating issue again. Windows 11 Pro 24H2. Haven't been able to install updates since April. This happened once before with a previous version; was able to to a repair install and then it happend again and had to reinstall completely.

This time again, sfc returns no errors found. DISM online repair fails at 60% as usual. Windows update repair install fails. Repair install from ISO fails on second_boot during migrate_data. Have tried ISO from a secondary drive, from a USB drive, logged in as local administrator account instead of my user. I don't want to reinstall Windows and everything I run only for Windows update to break again at some point. After the last go round I enabled restore points and I even tried to restore but oddly all restore points are gone. I don't know why Microsoft continues to release updates that cause catastophic OS issues and it is highly unreasonable to expect people to have to constantly reinstall Windows from scratch as it is a wild inconveneince.

I am a sysadmin of 18 years and have tried everything under the sun to fix this without having to reinstall so I am in desperate search for some freash idea that might help or get me past this second_boot phase error.

Bios and all drivers are current

No extra peripherals besides mouse and keyboard

No third party AV

System is clean from malware

Tried resetting Windows Update service/re-registering

Answer 1

Hi, Please share your setup logs for analysis. The following batch file collects the setup logs and saves the zip file to your desktop.

Download setuplogscollect.bat and save it to the desktop.

https://gist.github.com/winhelponline/26b28c4b695d183a842fbd1d5182959e

Right-click on the downloaded file and click Properties. Click "Unblock" and click OK.

Extract the batch file to the desktop.

Right-click on the file and choose "Run as administrator"

It outputs a SetupLogs.zip file on your desktop. Share the file on OneDrive or GoFile.io and post the download link here.

(The batch file contains plain text code. You can read its contents using Notepad before running it. It collects the setup logs, msinfo32.exe log, drivers list, boot configuration info, and the compatibility appraiser results from your system.)