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Sorry for being late in posting the solution...
I finally got Windows 1709 installed.
To shortly bring into memory:
- in my case the existing Windows was installed on DISK 1
- upgrading to 1709 was not possible
- I wrongly assumed that it did not matter on which disk Windows is being installed
so each install failed as apparently Windows 'demands' being installed on DISK 0
I went on as follows:
1) In BIOS I disabled the SATA port of DISK 1
2) Reboot
3) Diskmgmt showed that DISK 1 (SSD with Windows) became DISK 0
4) Boot from USB (created by Media Creation Tool)
5) Then selected "Repair your computer" (do not select 'Install now')
6) Click "Troubleshoot"
7) Click "Command Prompt"
8) Then execute the DISKPART instructions found on "UEFI/GPT-based hard drive partitions" https://goo.gl/45hy6D
(see at the bottom)
diskpart
list disk
rem make sure to select the correct disk number, in most cases for Windows disk 0
select disk 0
cleanconvert gpt
create partition efi size=100
format quick fs=fat32 label="System"
assign letter="S"
create partition msr size=16
create partition primary
shrink minimum=500
format quick fs=ntfs label="Windows"
assign letter="W"
create partition primary
format quick fs=ntfs label="Recovery tools"
assign letter="R"
set id="de94bba4-06d1-4d40-a16a-bfd50179d6ac"
gpt attributes=0x8000000000000001
exit
exit
9) Reboot and launch setup from USB
10) Select "Install now" this time and select the proper partition (named "Windows")
Note that after Windows install and after re-enabling SATA-port of DISK 1 (in BIOS),
the Windows HDD changes back from DISK 0 to DISK 1 again.
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Last edited by tfwul; 15 Jan 2018 at 04:49.