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Upgrading Windows 7 to Windows 10

My initial attempt to upgrade to Windows 10 was stymied by the exceedingly helpful error message:

Something Happened

None of the remedies on the web solved my problem (e.g. running the installer as Administrator, changing regional settings to US), so I dug around looking for clues. I found a setuperr.log file under c:\$Winwdows~BT\Sources\Panther, with the following content: 

  015-10-25 11:47:44, Error                  MOUPG  CSystemHelper::CheckConnectedStandby(642): Result = 0x80070057
  2015-10-25 11:48:53, Error                 CDiagnosticsHelper::SetSQMDatapoint: Attempting to set a datapoint in an invalid SQM session
  2015-10-25 11:48:53, Error                 CDiagnosticsHelper::SetSQMDatapoint: Attempting to set a datapoint in an invalid SQM session
  2015-10-25 11:49:00, Error                 MOUPG  CDlpActionImpl<class CDlpErrorImpl<class CDlpObjectInternalImpl<class CUnknownImpl<class IMoSetupDlpAction> > > >::Suspend(1066): Result = 0xC1800104
  2015-10-25 11:49:00, Error                 MOUPG  CSetupManager::ExecuteInstallMode(656): Result = 0x800705BB
  2015-10-25 11:49:00, Error                 MOUPG  CSetupManager::ExecuteDownlevelMode(376): Result = 0x800705BB
  2015-10-25 11:49:00, Error                 MOUPG  CSetupManager::Execute(222): Result = 0x800705BB
  2015-10-25 11:49:00, Error                 MOUPG  CSetupHost::Execute(370): Result = 0x800705BB
  2015-10-25 11:49:00, Error                 MOUPG  CDlpManager::AsyncSerializeDisable(471): Result = 0x80070216
  2015-10-25 11:49:02, Error                 MOUPG  CSystemHelper::CheckConnectedStandby(642): Result = 0x80070057
  2015-10-25 11:49:02, Error                 CONX   ConX::Compatibility::CSystemAbstraction::GetSystemVolumeNtPath: Failed to retrieve system partition NT path.
  2015-10-25 11:49:02, Error                 CONX   CFreeSystemPartitionDiskSpaceChecker failed. [Failed to retrieve system volume NT path.] HRESULT = 0x80070003
  2015-10-25 11:49:02, Error                 CONX   ConX::Compatibility::CCompatibilityHost::SetScanResult: Compat scan from provider wsc:setup: failed. HRESULT = 0x80070003
  2015-10-25 11:49:02, Error                 MOUPG  CDlpActionCompat::ExecuteSysReqScan(767): Result = 0x80070003
  2015-10-25 11:49:02, Error                 MOUPG  CDlpActionCompat::ExecuteRoutine(614): Result = 0x80070003
  2015-10-25 11:49:02, Error                 MOUPG  CDlpActionImpl<class CDlpErrorImpl<class CDlpObjectInternalImpl<class CUnknownImpl<class ICompatAction> > > >::Execute(441): Result = 0x80070003
  2015-10-25 11:49:02, Error                 MOUPG  CDlpTask::ExecuteAction(3243): Result = 0x80070003
  2015-10-25 11:49:02, Error                 MOUPG  CDlpTask::ExecuteActions(3397): Result = 0x80070003
  2015-10-25 11:49:02, Error                 MOUPG  CDlpTask::Execute(1631): Result = 0x80070003
  2015-10-25 11:49:02, Error                 MOUPG  CSetupManager::ExecuteTask(1973): Result = 0x80070003
  2015-10-25 11:49:02, Error                 MOUPG  CSetupManager::ExecuteTask(1936): Result = 0x80070003
  2015-10-25 11:49:02, Error                 MOUPG  CSetupManager::ExecuteInstallMode(670): Result = 0x80070003
  2015-10-25 11:49:02, Error                 MOUPG  CSetupManager::ExecuteDownlevelMode(377): Result = 0x80070003
  2015-10-25 11:49:02, Error                 SP     CSetupPlatform::ResurrectNewSystem: Failure: Win32Exception: \\?\C:\$Windows.~BT\Sources\NewSystem.dat: The system cannot find the file specified. [0x00000002] __cdecl UnBCL::FileStream::FileStream(const class UnBCL::String *,enum UnBCL::FileMode,enum UnBCL::FileAccess,enum UnBCL::FileShare,unsigned long)[gle=0x00000002]
  2015-10-25 11:49:24, Error                 MOUPG  CSetupManager::Execute(223): Result = 0x80070003
  2015-10-25 11:49:24, Error                 MOUPG  CSetupHost::Execute(370): Result = 0x80070003
  2015-10-25 11:49:26, Error                 MOUPG  CDlpManager::AsyncSerializeDisable(471): Result = 0x80070216

My suspicions were immediately aroused by the message: 

  GetSystemVolumeNtPath: Failed to retrieve system partition NT path.

I had had problems in booting Windows 7 after I moved to an SSD; perhaps this was evidence that my solution was not complete.

What did bcdedit say about the System device BCD? 

  [~/]$ bcdedit     
  The boot configuration data store could not be opened
  The requested system device cannot be found

Hmm, very similar error. So, maybe if I fix bcdedit, the Windows 10 install will also be fixed. Search for errors related to bcdedit turned up this helpful article, which indicated that one of contributing factors is not have the System partition marked active. Was my SSD Windows 7 partition marked as Active? No, it was not. Turns out this is easy to fix in the Disk Management tool. Right-click on the offending partition and choose "Mark Partition as Active".

Now, running bcdedit produced the list of boot choices on C:, as expected.

Then, the Windows 10 install proceeded smoothly.

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