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Use a disk imaging program that creates an image of all your windows partitions, and allows you to update it quickly.
(Macrium, SSD, USB3- a differential image in under 12 mins if I recall).
Yes I agree.
All the time I spent trying to fix this issue myself, I could have spent doing the in-place upgrade instead.
The deeper I went into trying to fix this issue, the crazier it became.
All signs were pointing to the in-place upgrade, but I couldn't, or didn't want to see the forest for the trees.
Live and learn.