Question Windows 10 USB Installer - "Missing Files" Cannot Complete installation

incmachine

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I'm trying to install Windows 10 Pro on two new builds (one AMD Ryzen, one Intel X79 XEON).

I have downloaded the official USB installer from Microsoft.com (USB Creation Tool), but every time I try to run the installation I get the following message (shown in the attached picture):

View: https://imgur.com/a/rYcIwU9


"Windows cannot install required files. make sure all files required for installation are available, and restart the installation. Error code 0x8007025D"


I have looked up the standard fixes for this error code, and nothing seems to be working. Also, these two systems are completely different (one has a Ryzen 5 2400G with Desktop RAM, the other has an Intel XEON CPU with ECC RAM).


I have tried using one RAM module installed, I have tried completely different RAM kits, I have tried the installation with more than one 2.5" SSD and more than one m.2 SSD.

I made three different USB installers (directly from the Microsoft download page).


At first, the Ryzen system was able to get Windows 10 Pro installed
(using the first USB installer stick I made), but I was not able to download all of the official Microsoft updates and I could not install the AMD Adrenalin driver package.

No matter how many times I tried to install these updates, it was not working. So, I just tried re-installing Windows and now none of the USB installers seem to be working at all (I cannot even get Windows 10 installed).


The installer error message pops-up pretty quickly during the Windows 10 installation process, and refuses to proceed past that point.

I have tried a lot of different component parts, made multiple USB sticks, and nothing seems to be working.

I have never seen a situation where I could not even install Windows 10.


What do you think is going on here?

Are there any fixes for this?