Windows 10 Feature Update 20H2 consistently fails with 0x80242016 error

Anonymous
2020-12-17T20:42:31+00:00

Feature Update to Windows 10, version 20H2 has failed to installed 43 times.   The message in the "View Update History" indicates "Last failed install attempted on MM/DD/YYY - 0x80242016".

I've tried numerous posted articles to correct the 0x80242016 error to no avail.    Will I've tried various suggestions to delete the the update and download it, windows update trouble shooter, or stopping/starting various services before attempting to reinstall the update.  I have not be able to use the DISM command, with the local source files because I cannot locate the Windows source files on my PC.  Open to ideas and suggestions.

  • What risk to my machine would there be to perform a Windows 10 Update In Place from 1909 to 20H2 (assuming I can download an install the most current version/build)?
  • Would the update in place reuse my current license/activation.
  • Windows10 Update in place KB Article

Windows Specification:

Windows 10 Pro 1909 OS Build 18363.1256 Installed 4/22/2020

Desktop Machine:

Dell T3610, Xeon CPU E5-1620 0 @ 3.60GHz, 32 GB RAM

1.09 TB free on a 2TB Drive

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Anonymous
2021-03-04T15:01:25+00:00

I have the same problem induced by transfering the windows10 from HDD to SDD disk, during the transfer the WinRE partition was lost!

To repair Bootloader, you should prepare a Windows 10 installation disc.

Step 1. Boot from Windows 10 installation disc and press any key to continue.

Step 2. Then navigate to Repair your computer->Troubleshoot->Advanced options->Command Prompt.

Step 3. Type diskpart in the command prompt.

Step 4. Type the following command and press Enter after each command.

List disk
Sel disk 0 (where 0 stands for the boot drive)
List vol (note which volume is the EFI partition, mine is 4)
Sel vol 4
assign letter=N:
Exit
Step 5. Type N: (the drive letter you just assigned and hit Enter.)

Step 6. After you have assigned a drive letter Using Diskpart, you can format the EFI partition using the following command.

format N: /FS:FAT32(type the label of the volume, my is SYSTEM)

Step 7. Now, type bcdboot C:\windows /s N: /f UEFI and hit Enter. This command will repair your Bootloader.(My windows are located in D:\windows)

Then try the bootrec /fixboot command again, fixboot access denied in Windows 10 could be solved.

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-03-26T15:26:20+00:00

    did this solution work before for you and now its not working ? also did you try other solutions aside from this one .

    from what i have read and judging from my case ,this only works when you have your bcd partition corrupted and in most cases after cloning your hard drive to an SSD ,which was exactly my case ,post more details ,about since when this started happening ,and the possible other solutions you tried ,and maybe me or someone else may be able to help

    The solution shown worked once only.

    The second time after getting install error 0x80242016 I have t wipe everything and reinstall  Windows 10 from beginning + all software which took forever which is what I am trying to avoid.

    Now every time there is a feature update I get error 0x80242016.

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-03-27T14:03:55+00:00

    when i tried this fix ,i was able to update from 1909 (which i was stuck with for almost two years) to 2004 then to 20h2 and finally to 21h1 without a problem ,so maybe you dont exactly have the same problem as most of us do ,also you didnt answer my question on how all of this started ,the eventual fixes your tried besides this one and if you cloned your OS from hdd to ssd before all this started (for me this was the action that corrupted the bcd and started the problem)

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-04-17T05:16:39+00:00

    Hi, I'm Georg and I'm facing the same issue.  Over and over the updae is failing. I tried all the hints and procedures spending hours and hours days and days. I give up. I will not try again.

    What will happen in future? How will Microsoft proceed if this update is not installed?

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-04-17T09:35:31+00:00

    Hi, I'm Georg and I'm facing the same issue.  Over and over the updae is failing. I tried all the hints and procedures spending hours and hours days and days. I give up. I will not try again.

    What will happen in future? How will Microsoft proceed if this update is not installed?

    if you actually tried all the solutions listed here and they didnt work (even the one i said works) then maybe you will need to clean install everything and get done with it (easier said than done i know) ,but i dont think Microsoft is gonna do anything about it tbh

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