Win10 1803 to 1903 upgrade fails 8007007B Failed to mount WIM file

Hi there

I have been trying to upgrade my Windows 10 installation for months now. Previously it was blocked on an 8007003 error which I overcame by correcting the image path for wimmount.sys in

Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WIMMount

But now I am hit with a new error in the attempted upgrade with the code 8007007B, which mostly seems to be due to activation but not in this case as Windows is activated fine.

See the following from the update logs:


Matching Profile found: FindAbruptDownlevelFailure - 55882B1A-DA3E-408A-9076-23B22A0472BD
SetupDiag version: 1.6.0.0
System Information:
Machine Name = JIMBOB
Manufacturer = System manufacturer
Model = System Product Name
HostOSArchitecture = 2057
FirmwareType = PCAT
BiosReleaseDate = 20130813000000.000000+000
BiosVendor = BIOS Date: 08/13/13 19:57:56 Ver: 21.04
BiosVersion = 2104
HostOSVersion = 10.0.17134
HostOSBuildString = 17134.1.amd64fre.rs4_release.180410-1804
TargetOSBuildString = 10.0.18362.418 (19h1_release_svc_prod1.191005-1654)
HostOSLanguageId =
HostOSEdition = Professional
RegisteredAV = Windows Defender
FilterDrivers = FileInfo
UpgradeStartTime = 18/11/2019 21:01:34
UpgradeEndTime = 18/11/2019 21:22:26
UpgradeElapsedTime = 00:20:52
CV =
ReportId =


Error: SetupDiag reports abrupt down-level failure.
Last Operation: Finalize
Error: 0x8007007B - 0x50015
LogEntry: 2019-11-18 21:22:08, Error SP CMountWIM::DoExecute: Failed to mount WIM file C:\$WINDOWS.~BT\Sources\SafeOS\winre.wim. Error 0x8007007B[gle=0x0000007b]

Refer to "https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/Debug/system-error-codes" for error information.

Last Setup Phase:
Phase Name: Pre-Finalize
Phase Started: 18/11/2019 21:22:07
Phase Ended: 01/01/0001 00:00:00
Phase Time Delta: 00:00:00
Completed Successfully? False


Last Setup Operation:
Operation Name: Mount WIM file C:\$WINDOWS.~BT\Sources\SafeOS\winre.wim, index 1 to C:\$WINDOWS.~BT\Sources\SafeOS\SafeOS.Mount
Operation Started: 18/11/2019 21:22:08
Operation Ended: 01/01/0001 00:00:00
Operation Time Delta: 0:00:00:00.0000000
Completed Successfully? False

I have seen similar errors caused by third party driver filters (like here) so I tried removing Avira Antivirus and it made no difference. This is the result from fltmc filters is anyone can see any more harmful ones:

Filter Name Num Instances Altitude Frame
------------------------------ ------------- ------------ -----
wcnfs 1 409900 1
cbfs6 <Legacy>
FsDepends 16 407000 0
storqosflt 0 244000 0
wcifs 2 189900 0
CldFlt 1 180451 0
FileCrypt 1 141100 0
luafv 1 135000 0
npsvctrig 1 46000 0
Wof 13 40700 0
FileInfo 16 40500 0

I have also noticed that the file it's trying to mount does not exist....

I have tried totally clearing out all windows update files and redownloading. I have tried using windows update assistant. I have tried updating from iso. All result in the same failure.

Does anyone have any ideas? Cause I'm all out.

Oh and I definitely do not want to do a clean install if there is any possible way under the sun to avoid it.

Many thanks in advance.

slick

Disk management screenshot:



- - - Updated - - -

I have quite a few disks.
One SSD for OS. One SSD for games.
And the rest are all mechanical SATAs merged together into one large drive with Drive Bender.

Those first two directories have no logs in them. Here are the logs from the third:

Please download and install: Everything
voidtools

Launch the application and search for any of these Panther logs (only from the prior week)

Code:

PANTHER logs
C:\Windows\Panther

folders:
\$Windows.~bt\sources\panther
\$Windows.~bt\Sources\Rollback
\Windows\Panther
\Windows\Panther\NewOS

Setupmem.dmp may be found in either (depending on when the bucheck occurs)
%SystemDrive%$Windows.~bt\Sources\Rollback
%WinDir%\Panther\NewOS\Rollback

setuperr.log
setupact.log
Setupmem.dmp
setupapi.dev.log
BlueBox.log
Event logs (*.evtx)
C:\$Windows.~BT\Sources\Rollback
$Windows.~bt\Sources\Rollback\setupmem.dmp
$Windows.~bt\Sources\Rollback\setupapi\setupapi.dev.log
$Windows.~bt\Sources\Rollback*.evtx
$Windows.~BT\Sources\Panther\UnattendGC
miglog.xml
Windows\Logs\Mosetup
Setupapi.offline.log

Sorry didn't know you wanted subfolders too! Please find attached Panther folder logs.

Code:

Posted MSG_INSTALLUI_SWITCH_TO_ERROR_PAGE

Code:

0x8007007B, 0x50015

Code:

2019-11-19 10:20:49, Error                 SP     Operation failed: Mount WIM file C:\$WINDOWS.~BT\Sources\SafeOS\winre.wim, index 1 to C:\$WINDOWS.~BT\Sources\SafeOS\SafeOS.Mount. Error: 0x8007007B[gle=0x000000b7]

There are log collectors used in another forum room.
Run each V2 and DM and upload results into this thread:
BSOD - Posting Instructions


1) Open administrative command prompt and type or copy and paste:
2) sfc /scannow
3) dism /online /cleanup-image /scanhealth
4) dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth
5) sfc /scannow
6) chkdsk /scan
7) wmic recoveros set autoreboot = false
8) wmic recoveros set DebugInfoType = 7
9) bcdedit /enum {badmemory}

10) When these have completed > right click on the top bar or title bar of the administrative command prompt box > left click on edit then select all > right click on the top bar again > left click on edit then copy > paste into the thread