Windows 10: I'm trying to upgrade Windows 11 Home version to Pro, but it's been stuck on "preparing for...

I'm trying to upgrade Windows 11 Home version to Pro, but it's been stuck on "preparing for upgrade" for several hours. How should I proceed? Thanks,Denny

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Windows 11 Pro Upgrade from Windows 10 Pro Edition

No but after it installed the malfunctioning Windows 11 upgrade it was listed as Windows 11 Pro. Microsoft Windows support advised I reinstall Windows 10 Pro and said that Windows 11 is really only meant for new PC's that come with it preinstalled. MSI website doesn't list my 2020 GT76 Titan dt-039 notebook on their Windows 11 upgrade eligibility list so I guess that's why the Windows 11 Pro upgrade failed. I suggest being careful with trying the Windows 11 upgrade despite it stating my notebook was capable of running Windows 11 it was wrong. Luckily I have the original Windows 10 Pro USB Flash drive because the Windows 11 Pro upgrade was so incomplete I had no way of reverting notebook back to Windows 10 without reinstalling from a USB Flash.

 

preparing to upgrade


You can try following this guide. I suggest either step 4 or step 7.

 

Stuck at "Preparing to install updates 25%" - Upgrade to Windows 10 Pro, version 1511, 10586.

The early November security updates installed without an issue on my Windows 10 Pro 64-bits.

The first Upgrade to Windows 10 Pro, version 1511, 10586, however, got stuck at:

"Preparing to install updates 25%"

It ends with:

"There were problems installing some updates, but we'll try again later. If you keep seeing this and want to search the web or contact support for information, this may help:


Retry"

This is what I tried before to install the upgrade:

• Removed SD cards and external hard disks;
• Restored all (privacy) Settings to default.
• Ran the WindowsUpdate Troubleshooter which indicated it fixed something (never seen this do anything before, though).
  
• Tried WindowsUpdate 8-10 times;
• Used the Media Creation tool to install a fresh update, which got stuck at 40% total installation after 2 hrs, so I had to reboot the machine and abort the update. Restoring the previous Windows version also took forever, so I used an image instead.

All in all, this update story is not pretty.

Is there an issue with this update or is something else going on that I need to fix?

Cheers,

Dave