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Media Creation Tool not working March 2023
The March 2023 Windows 10 update messed up my PC and got stuck in an auto-repair loop. Tried everything and some more, no dice. No going back to previous restore points, no rolling back of last update no nothing.
So I decided to make a new bootable repair disc using Microsoft's Media Creation Tool. Bought a brand-new 64 GB flash drive, downloaded and installed MCT. First step went OK, second step, installing, got stuck at 50% and mentioned something went wrong, error code 0x800700B7 - 0xA001B.
Something was already installed on the drive, so I deleted and reformatted the drive. Then I tried again with some tricks like activating some Windows services, disabling anti-virus etc, copying the MCT onto the drive and start installation from there. Nada, nic, nothing; same problem at 50%.
So switched to a brand new (one week old) HP laptop and tried to make the repair drive there. The error message did not pop up yet, but its already half an hour stuck on the 50% mark.
So the W10 March 2023 update messed up my OS and cannot repair itself and the MCT does not work so I cannot make a repair drive to get this PC back to work.
Any suggestions?