Error code 0x8007025D while installing windows 11 from usb

Question

I’ve been trying to fix my computer after it wouldn’t let me sign in since the user profile service failed to sign in so I tried to install windows from a usb drive but it still doesn’t work. I cannot boot into windows and the automatic repairs does not work. Windows cannot install required files. “Make sure all files required for installation are available, and restart the installation.”

Answer 1

Hello, this is Emily.

How did you install Windows from USB? Make sure you boot the computer from BIOS boot option, and choose the USB drive from there.. And make sure you delete all of the parittions when asked where to install.

I am going to share the details below in case you did it differently. If for any reason it still doesn't work, please be as specific as you can which step you ran into the issue. Thanks.

To perform a clean installation of Windows 11 using the Windows Media Creation Tool:

The following steps should be done on a working Windows computer:

Download the Windows Media Creation Tool from Microsoft's official website. https://www.microsoft.com/software-download/win... click on the "download now" button under "Create Windows 11 Installation Media"

Run the tool and select "Create installation media for another PC."

Choose "USB flash drive" as the media to use for the installation and select "Next."

Connect a USB flash drive with at least 8 GB of free space to your computer.

Select the USB flash drive you want to use, and then select "Next."

The tool will then download the required files and create the installation media.

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Now these steps will  be done on your problematic computer:

Go to the computer's BIOS boot menu to have it boot from the USB drive.

Follow the on-screen instructions to install Windows 11, making sure to choose "Custom install" and select the option to delete all existing partitions.

Once the installation is complete, you'll have a clean installation of Windows 11 on your computer.

Answer 2

I installed the windows media creation correctly on my 16gb flash drive. I booted to the usb flash drive with the Bios and went to the custom install and deleted the partitions. It still got stuck at 76% when preparing the files and same error message.

Answer 3

Thank you. The issue at this stage usually means the issue is on the installation media.

You might want to make it again, or try a different flash drive.

Answer 4

I just ran into this identical issue while installing Windows 11 on a friend's new gaming rig. Having tried every solution I could find online to no avail, I tried one last Hail Mary maneuver and succeeded. Assuming you've properly made your Windows Installation media, here's the list of stuff I tried in order and I suggest you try them in this order:

1. If your USB flash drive containing your Windows install media is a USB 2.0 - plug it into a USB 2.0 port, not a 3.0 port.
   If your USB flash drive containing your Windows install media is a USB 3.0 - plug it into a USB 3.0 port, not a 2.0 port.

This step got me further into installation before the error message popped up again.

2. Make sure the only drive present in the system is the drive you want to install Windows onto. If the drive you're trying to install Windows onto is larger 120 GB, make a new partition on the drive from the Installation screen that is 110 GB large (112640 MB). This is a known Windows installation bug where Windows fails to install to larger drives. Don't worry, you can add all the remaining space on your drive to your primary partition in Disk Management after Windows is installed.

2.5) Make sure the drive you are trying to install Windows onto is set to GPT. Do this by pressing Shift+F10 to open CMD, then typing in diskpart then list disk

It should be set to GPT by default but double checking doesn't hurt.

3. Hail Mary time: Press Shift+F10 to open CMD then typing sfc /scannow

It should run quick (because your flash drive is much smaller in terms of storage space than a full on SSD/HDD). If it detects corruption, it will let you know. If it does, restart your PC, boot back into the Installation media, and try installing Windows again. (You may have to delete the partitions you made on the drive you're installing Windows onto and make a brand new 110 GB partition again though)

Apparently, sfc /scannow works on installation media as well as the actual OS, and it saved me just now.

Hope this helps!

Answer 5

I had the same error when installing windows 10, but the problem seems to be from the Windows Media Creation Tool itself when it was burning the USB drive. I was able to get around it by only using the tool to download the ISO image and I used Rufus (wikipedia) to create a bootable USB drive instead and everything worked perfectly