media Creation Tool won't run

Hi gentlemen, I am nursing a new laptop again, with win 10 v.1909 on it.
After running into problems with HELLO and Passwords ,I thought I had cured those problems by a system reset. But after a few deadends, an upgrade (which my pc would not acknowledge) to 2004 was suggested and a tutorial for doing it I found here in Ten Forums. So following this upgrade from 1909 to 2004 tutorial:
The Download started as described to a USB (after the first USB was deemed unusable with a message Win 10 failed to install update with error code 0x80073D02 and required a restart of whole process).
But when it came to running the media Creation tool for creating the USB with Win 10 I get a message "Unable to run the Media Creation Tool on your pc. Turn off or restart your pc and try again, reference Error code 0x800701 B1-0xA001B if problem continues. Then just before the pc begins the restart , I guess a translation? "The specified protocol is not supported" pops up. I'm stumped even more now. Is the MCT the protocol, or supported by what. Oddly enough each time I got these messages, and I start closing pages the next page the concluding words with "Finish" as the last step.

1) System Specs - Fill in at Ten Forums
In the left corner below in your post you find 'My System Specs'.
After clicking it you can find a link a little below that says 'Update your System Spec', click on this link to get to the page where you can fill in your system specs.
System Info - See Your System Specs - Windows 7 Help Forums

Include PSU. cooler, case, peripherals and anything attached to the computer by wired or wireless (mouse, keyboard, headset, printer, xbox, USB wireless network card, etc.)


2) List any of these installed non-Microsoft software:
a) antivirus
b) firewall
c) drive encryption


3) Run:
Tuneup.bat - Click here to go to the BSOD batch repository to download and run this batch file.


4) Run V2 and DM:
BSOD - Posting Instructions

How to Upload and Post Screenshots and Files at Ten Forums


5) Make a free Macrium backup image: (save the image to another disk drive or the cloud)
Macrium Software | It’s our business to protect your data
Backup and Restore with Macrium Reflect


6) Download and install onto the desktop after Dec 8, 2020: Windows 10 iso 20H2
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/soft...load/windows10


7) Uninstall Norton AV using the applicable uninstall tool:
Download and run the Norton Remove and Reinstall tool


8) Perform an in place upgrade repair with the desktop iso:
Repair Install Windows 10 with an In-place Upgrade


9) If the in place upgrade fails run:

LOGS.bat - Click here to go to the BSOD batch repository to download and run this batch file.

Upgrade_failure_info.bat - Click here to go to the BSOD batch repository to download and run this batch file.


For share links please use: one drive, drop box, or google drive

N2NB4 said:

Unable to run the Media Creation Tool on your pc.

Try using the BAT file in option five in this tutorial: Create Bootable USB Flash Drive to Install Windows 10

It is so user-friendly that even an idiot like me can use it blindfold.

dalchina said:

A clean install means deleting all existing Windows partitions as per the tutorial, then you install to unallocated space.

I have never deleted the Data partition, though.

A supreme sigh of relief to see that your instructions have enabled "tools" to function on my device. I am updating the Toshiba specs as I find time to do so (Thank you for directing me to the bottom Left corner). I managed to create a Bootable Recovery Drive and a Clean install of 21H2, when I ran the recovery drive the pc ran a little faster (almost as fast as I to the store to look for a newer laptop with windows 11 on it).
So your directions solved this thread.