Media Creation Tool error 0x80042405 blocks Windows 10 v1903 install
If you’ve ever upgraded your Windows PC or made a bootable USB drive to install Windows 10 v1903 on another PC, then you know what Media Creation Tool is and what it does.
Although this is a very useful tool and can help you a lot in certain situations, in some cases it causes more problems than it solves.
That’s the case with the 0x80042405 – 0xA001B error which appears when you want to create a bootable USB drive with Windows 10 v1903 update.
Here’s how one user describes it:
I download the tool to the desktop. I’m on an Admin account. I insert a 16GB thumb drive. I format it. I start the tool. I point it to the thumb drive. During the phase where the files are copied to the USB, I get some [..] error like this:
And this is the OP’s screenshot:
This is a pretty common error and many Windows 10 users are getting frustrated by it.
Can I solve the 0x80042405 – 0xA001B error easily?
There are a few solutions to get past the 0x80042405 – 0xA001B error, but first you should check out this quick guide where we covered a similar error with Media Creation tool.
Try those solutions and see if any of them work. If the issue is still present, there are a couple of other things that you could try.
Run the Media Creation tool in Elevated mode
You can do this by simply right-clicking on the executable file and selecting Run as administrator.When the UAC prompt appears, click OK and let the tool do its job.
Use Diskpart
- In the Windows search box type cmd, right-click the first result, and select Run as administrator.
- Run Diskpart then type list disk. Write down or remember the number of your USB drive.(for example, we’ll use Disk 1)
- Now type these commands one by one:
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- select disk 2 <enter>
- clean<enter>
- convert mbr <enter>
- create partition primary <enter>
- format fs=fat32 quick <enter>
- active<enter>
- assign<enter>
After doing this, your USB drive with the Windows 10 v1903 should work just fine and the 0x80042405 – 0xA001B error in Media Creation tool should be gone.
If you have any other questions or maybe an alternative solution, don’t hesitate to leave them in the comments section below.
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I dontt want to use DISKPART, because I’m afraid this tool erase definitively th SSD where i have a problem.
When I boot , I have (WINDOWS tente un redemarrage en boucle).
I am actually on a PC under LINUX MINT CINNAMON 64 bits, dowloading an ISO file of WINDOWS 10.
I have the original ISO on a bootable USB key with the licence.
I have explained my problem on the top at this link
https://windowsreport.com/windows-10-installation-media-uefi/