Upgrade to Windows 1903 fail

[Jim Doty]

I tried upgrading Windows 10 1803 to 1903 without decrypting using https://github.com/th-wilde/veracrypt-w10-patcher. It worked nicely upgrading to 1803, but going to 1903 proved problematic.

I used the media creation tool to create a bootable USB stick, then ran the script, and kept getting "disk out of space" errors during the script, even though the USB had a 16 GB capacity. So I copied all the unaltered files from the USB stick to a folder on my HD, then ran the script there. It converted the install.esd file (3.437 GB) to an install.wim file (4.702 GB).

But I couldn't copy the install.wim file back to the USB because it exceeds the 4.295 GB limit on file size imposed by FAT32. I tried formatting the USB to NTFS and exFat, but the media creation tool forces a reformat of the USB to FAT32 every time.

Does anyone know if I can run the setup.exe from the folder on my HD where the overly large install.wim file is?

[petitlou60]

Hello,
sometimes media creation tool fail when creating USB
1) with media creation tool ask for creation of ISO file
2) open iso file (double click on) an letter is atributed for example X:
3) start the following command: (in administarative command windows)
4) X:
5) setup.exe /ReflectDrivers "C:\Program Files\VeraCrypt" /PostOOBE C:\ProgramData\VeraCrypt\SetupComplete.cmd
6) if you want bootable USB Key ( usefull for fresh install or repair)
1) open iso file
2) format usb key with mandatory fat32
3) copy all files from iso image to usb key

best regards