winsetup.dll

Associated Error Codes

Below lists error codes and symbolic names found for this module.

CodeFound inDescription
0x7d31011Successfully logged Setup information
0x7d41011Successfully logged OS information
0x27111011Install Windows
0x27131011Windows could not retrieve information about the disks on this computer.
0x27151011Windows Setup is already running.
0x27161011Windows could not update the computer's boot configuration. Installation cannot proceed.
0x27181011Windows Setup could not reinitialize the deployment engine. To install Windows, restart the installation.
0x27191011Windows could not prepare the computer to boot into the next phase of installation. To install Windows, restart the installation.
0x271a1011Windows is restarting the computer to continue installation...
0x271b1011The installation cannot continue because Windows cannot restart the computer. Close any open programs, and then restart the computer. Windows installation will continue automatically.
0x271c1011The specified drive [%1!c!:] is not a fixed disk. Windows requires a local, non-removable disk to store temporary installation files. To install Windows, select another drive and restart the installation.
0x271d1011The specified drive [%1!c!:] cannot be used to store temporary installation files because all partitions were selected to be deleted. To install Windows, select another drive and restart the installation.
0x271e1011The specified drive [%1!c!:] cannot be used to store temporary installation files because the partition was selected to be formatted. To install Windows, select another drive and restart the installation.
0x271f1011The specified drive [%1!c!:] does not have enough free disk space to store temporary installation files. To install Windows, select another drive and restart the installation.
0x27201011The specified drive [%1!c!:] cannot be used to store temporary installation files. To install Windows, select another drive and restart the installation.
0x27211011The specified drive [%1!c!:] cannot be found. Windows requires a valid drive to store temporary installation files. To install Windows, select another drive and restart the installation.
0x27221011Windows Setup cannot locate a valid hard drive to store temporary installation files. To install Windows, create more free space on the hard drive or add a new hard drive.
0x27241011Windows could not prepare the partition selected for installation.
0x27251011An unknown command-line option [%1!s!] was specified.
0x27261011Windows Setup cannot load. An internal error occurred. To install Windows, restart the installation.
0x27271011Windows could not determine the installation type. To install Windows, restart the installation.
0x27291011The version of Windows PE running on this computer is not compatible with Setup. To install Windows from Windows PE, use Server 2003 SP1 Windows PE or later.
0x272b1011The specified file does not exist.
0x272c1011Windows detected that this computer has %1!d! MB of RAM, but %2!d! MB is required for installation. Installation cannot proceed.
0x27301011Windows Setup could not initialize the deployment engine. To install Windows, restart the installation.
0x27311011Windows could not move its temporary installation files.
0x27321011Windows could not create the installation working folder.
0x27331011Windows could not start the installation process.
0x27351011Windows could not save the unattend answer file to disk.
0x27361011Windows Setup encountered an internal error while loading or searching for an unattend answer file.
0x27371011The disk selected for installation does not have enough space to continue.
0x27381011Windows cannot parse the unattend answer file's setting.
0x27391011Windows could not apply the unattend answer file's setting.
0x273f1011Administrator
0x27421011Windows Setup cannot parse the provided command-line options.
0x27461011Windows could not calculate how much space is required for installation.
0x27481011Windows encountered an internal error while initializing COM.
0x27491011cmd.exe,"/k echo This environment should only be used to recover from a failed installation. Type EXIT and press Enter to resume installation."
0x274a1011Windows installation cannot continue because a required driver could not be installed.
0x274d10Windows must be installed to a partition formatted as NTFS.
0x274e1011The partition is not primary.
0x274f1011The partition is too small.
0x27501011The partition does not have enough free space.
0x27511011The selected disk is dynamic.
0x27521011The partition contains one or more dynamic volumes that are not supported for installation.
0x27531011The partition is not followed by unpartitioned space.
0x27541011Windows cannot read from the selected disk.
0x27551011The selected disk has the maximum number of partitions of this type.
0x27561011The partition was reserved by the computer's Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM).
0x27571011The partition contains an existing Windows installation.
0x27581011The selected partition or disk contains temporary installation files.
0x27591011The selected hard disk space already holds a partition.
0x275a1011The selected hard disk space is unallocated.
0x275b1011The partition is an EFI system partition (ESP).
0x275c1011The partition is a Microsoft Reserved (MSR) partition.
0x275d1011The selected disk is of the GPT partition style.
0x275e1011The selected disk is of the MBR partition style.
0x275f1011This computer's hardware may not support booting to this disk. Ensure that the disk's controller is enabled in the computer's BIOS menu.
0x27601011The selected hard disk space is within an extended partition.
0x27621011The selected disk has an MBR partition table. On EFI systems, Windows can only be installed to GPT disks.
0x27631011Windows could not determine if this computer supports installation.
0x27641011Windows could not register Component Based Servicing (CBS) binaries. Error code: 0x%1!X!. Exit code: 0x%2!X!.
0x27651011Windows could not prepare files for installation. Error code: 0x%1!X!
0x27661011Windows cannot determine which language to install.
0x27671011Windows cannot parse the language configuration file (lang.ini).
0x27681011Windows could not set the UI selected language as the language pack to be installed.
0x27691011Windows could not install the selected language.
0x276a1011The /lang switch cannot be used with an assembled image.
0x276c1011Windows cannot read the setting from the unattend answer file.
0x276d1011Windows cannot read the setting from the unattend answer file.
0x276f1011The unattend answer file contains an invalid product key. Either remove the invalid key or provide a valid product key in the unattend answer file to proceed with Windows installation.
0x27701011Windows cannot read the setting from the unattend answer file.
0x27711011Windows cannot locate the partition selected for installation.
0x27721011Windows cannot locate the disk and partition specified in the unattend answer file's %1!s! setting. Make sure the setting references a valid partition and restart the installation.
0x27731011Windows could not prepare the specified data images to be copied.
0x27741011Windows could not process the %1!s! setting in the unattend answer file.
0x27751011Windows could not install the data images specified in the unattend answer file.
0x27761011Windows could not apply the Windows PE bootstrap setting specified in the unattend answer file.
0x27771011The selected disk is of the GPT partition style.
0x27781011Windows could not apply unattend settings during pass [%1!s!].
0x27791011Unattended upgrades using setup /unattend with no answer file are not supported when running Windows PE.
0x277a1011Windows could not parse or process the unattend answer file.
0x277c1011Windows User
0x277d1011Windows cannot read the setting from the unattend answer file.
0x277e1011Windows Setup could not configure Windows to run on this computer's hardware.
0x27811011Windows could not display the images available for installation.
0x27821011The product key entered does not match any of the Windows images available for installation. Enter a different product key.
0x27831011N/A
0x27841011Windows could not determine if this computer contains a valid system volume.
0x27851011Windows could not process the command line [%1!s!]. Error code: 0x%2!X!
0x27861011The system registry contains invalid file paths. Installation cannot proceed. This system image was applied without guaranteeing that drive-letter assignments would match across computers.
0x27871011The disk selected for installation (%2!u!) does not exist. Make sure the unattend answer file's %1!s! setting references a valid disk on this computer, and then restart the installation.
0x27881011The partition selected for installation (%3!u!) does not exist on disk %2!u!. Make sure the unattend answer file's %1!s! setting references a valid partition on this computer, and then restart the installation.
0x27891011The partition selected for installation (disk %1!u! partition %2!u!) does not meet requirements. Make sure this partition contains enough free space and is of a supported type.
0x278a1011The version of Windows being installed does not support this computer's processor. Installation cannot proceed.
0x278b1011The version of Windows being installed does not support this computer's processor. Installation cannot proceed.
0x278c1011The selected disk is not the computer's boot disk.
0x278d1011The selected partition contains an unknown file system.
0x278e1011The selected partition's allocation unit size is too large.
0x278f1011The selected dynamic partition is not already marked active.
0x27901011To ensure that all Windows features work correctly, Windows might create additional partitions for system files.
0x27911011Setup cannot copy the operating system's loader files to the computer's system volume. Make sure the directories Boot\ and EFI\ and the files bootmgr and bootmgr.efi are available on the installation media, and then restart the installation.
0x279c1011CheckForACPISupport
0x279d1011This computer is not compliant with the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) standard. Windows must be installed onto a computer that supports ACPI. Contact your computer manufacturer for a BIOS update or install Windows on an ACPI-compliant computer.
0x279e1011Windows Setup cannot determine if this computer supports installing this version of Windows.
0x279f1011The disk may fail soon. If other hard disks are available, install Windows to another location.
0x27a11011Windows cannot read the compliance check setting from the unattend answer file.
0x27a21011One or more compliance checks failed. In accordance with the settings in the unattend answer file, installation cannot proceed.
0x27a61011Windows cannot find the Microsoft Software License Terms. Make sure the installation sources are valid and restart the installation.
0x27a71011Windows could not process the setting in the unattend answer file.
0x27a81011Configuration sets are only supported when Windows installation is started from Windows PE.
0x27a91011Windows could not apply the configuration set. The WINDOWS folder cannot be found.
0x27aa1011The selected partition contains an active pagefile.
0x27ab1011Windows could not record information about the partition selected for installation.
0x27ac1011BitLocker Drive Encryption is enabled on the selected partition.
0x27ad1011The specified drive [%1!c!:] does not meet all requirements necessary to store temporary installation files.
0x27b21011A value specified in the answer file is invalid.
0x27b31011A required value is missing from the answer file.
0x27b41011A value specified in the answer file is outside the range of acceptable values.
0x27b51011Two or more mutually exclusive values are present in the answer file.
0x27b61011The settings specified in the answer file cannot be applied.
0x27b71011The answer file does not contain a valid root element.
0x27b81011The answer file is invalid.
0x27b91011The error was detected at line %1!u! column %2!u! of the answer file.
0x27ba1011The error was detected at line %1!u! of the answer file.
0x27bb1011The error was detected at XML path [%1!s!] in the answer file.
0x27bc1011Windows could not parse or process unattend answer file [%1!s!] for pass [%2!s!].
0x27bd1011Windows could not parse or process the unattend answer file for pass [%1!s!].
0x27be1011The error was detected while processing setting [%1!s!].
0x27bf1011Windows could not install the accepted License Terms onto the computer.
0x27c01011Windows could not parse or process unattend answer file [%1!s!].
0x27c11011The answer file contains one or more settings elements that have already been processed.
0x27c21011Windows could not process the command-line argument [/userlocale]. Error code: 0x%1!X!
0x27c31011Windows could not process the command-line argument [/inputlocale]. Error code: 0x%1!X!
0x27c41011Windows could not set the offline locale information. Error code: 0x%1!X!
0x27c51011The Setup language specified in the unattend answer file is invalid.
0x27c61011Windows cannot find the installation image.
0x27c81011Windows could not select the image to install based on the provided product key.
0x27c91011Windows cannot resolve the metadata provided in the unattend answer file's setting.
0x27ca1011Windows could not collect information from the installation images.
0x27cb1011Multiple Windows images were selected based on the provided information. Windows Setup cannot determine which one to use.
0x27d91011Windows Setup cannot locate its installation files. Error code: 0x%1!X!
0x27db1011Windows could not apply the provided QFE packages.
0x27dc1011CheckForSerialKeys
0x27dd1011Turn off Serial Keys. If you are upgrading from Windows XP and currently using Serial Keys with alternative input devices, such as single switch or puff and sip devices, turn off Serial Keys and install another solution before upgrading. To turn off Serial Keys, open 'Accessibility Options'. On the 'General' tab, under Serial Key devices, clear the 'Use Serial Keys' check box. See the Microsoft Ease of Access website for where to install solutions so you can keep using your devices with this version of Windows.
0x27de1011Windows needs the driver for device [%1!s!]. Click 'Load Driver' and load the required device driver.
0x27df1011Unknown
0x27e01011Windows could not determine if this disk and its parent devices have the necessary driver support.
0x27e21011Install Windows
0x27e31011Setup does not support configuration of or installation to disks connected through a USB or IEEE 1394 port.
0x27e41011The computer restarted unexpectedly or encountered an unexpected error. Windows installation cannot proceed. To install Windows, click "OK" to restart the computer, and then restart the installation.
0x27e51011Windows could not prepare the computer to boot into the next phase of installation. To install Windows, restart the installation.
0x27e61011Windows could not load device compatibility data. Error code: 0x%1!X!
0x27e81011Windows could not copy files from [%1!s!] to [%2!s!]. Make sure [%1!s!] is available, and then restart the installation.
0x27e91011Windows could not configure the installation environment.
0x27ea1011The answer file contains invalid XML.
0x27eb1011A component or non-list setting is specified more than once in the answer file.
0x27ec1011A component or setting specified in the answer file does not exist.
0x27ed1011Windows could not clean disk %2!u!.
0x27ee1011Windows could not create a partition on disk %2!u!.
0x27ef1011Windows could not extend a partition on disk %2!u!.
0x27f01011Windows could not set a partition active on disk %2!u!.
0x27f11011Windows could not delete a partition on disk %2!u!.
0x27f21011Windows could not format a partition on disk %2!u!.
0x27f31011Windows could not assign a drive letter to a partition on disk %2!u!.
0x27f41011Windows could not assign a volume label to a partition on disk %2!u!.
0x27f51011The target disk, partition, or volume does not support the specified operation.
0x27f61011The specified disk does not exist.
0x27f71011The specified partition does not exist on the target disk.
0x27f81011The error occurred while applying the unattend answer file's setting.
0x27f91011The error occurred while preparing the partition selected for installation.
0x27fa1011The error occurred while preparing the computer's system volume.
0x27fb1011The error was detected while processing settings for component [%1!s!].
0x27fc1011Windows cannot access one or more of the installation images using the provided credentials.
0x27fd1011Windows could not make final changes to the image being installed.
0x27fe1011Windows could not update registry data in the installation.
0x27ff1011Windows cannot open the data image files specified in the answer file.
0x28001011Windows cannot open the required file %1!s!.
0x28011011Windows cannot open files required for installation.
0x28021011Windows cannot access the data image files specified in the answer file.
0x28031011Windows cannot access the required file %1!s!.
0x28041011Windows cannot access files required for installation.
0x28051011Windows cannot install the data image files specified in the answer file.
0x28061011Windows cannot install required files.
0x28071011Windows cannot copy files from %1!s! to %2!s!.
0x28081011Windows cannot copy files required for installation.
0x28091011Network problems may be preventing Windows from accessing the files.
0x280a1011Network problems may be preventing Windows from accessing the file.
0x280b1011The files may be corrupt or missing.
0x280c1011The file may be corrupt or missing.
0x280d1011The files do not exist.
0x280e1011The file does not exist.
0x280f1011Make sure the computer is connected to the network and restart the installation.
0x28101011Make sure all files required for installation are available, and restart the installation.
0x28111011Error code: 0x%1!X!
0x28121011CheckForRunningOnBattery
0x28131011Windows cannot be installed on a computer using battery power. If the battery runs out of power during the installation, you might lose data. To continue the installation, plug in the computer's power adapter.
0x28141011Windows cannot wipe this disk.
0x28151011Windows cannot create a partition on this disk.
0x28161011Windows cannot be installed to this disk.
0x28171011This disk cannot hold the computer's system volume.
0x28181011This disk cannot hold temporary installation files.
0x28191011Windows cannot be installed to this hard disk space.
0x281a1011Windows cannot create a partition in this space.
0x281b1011Windows cannot delete this partition.
0x281c1011Windows cannot extend this partition.
0x281d1011Windows cannot format this partition.
0x281e1011Windows cannot set this partition active.
0x281f1011Windows cannot assign a drive letter to this partition.
0x28201011Windows cannot assign a label to this partition.
0x28211011Windows Setup cannot display this hard disk space.
0x28221011This hard disk space cannot be the computer's system volume.
0x28231011This partition cannot hold temporary installation files.
0x28241011Setup was unable to create a new system partition or locate an existing system partition. See the Setup log files for more information.
0x28251011Windows could not process the command-line argument [/layereddriver]. Error code is [%1!X!].
0x28271011Windows Setup could not set the display language. To install Windows, restart the installation.
0x28281011Windows cannot be installed to the selected partition. Installation requires at least %1!u! MB of free space. To install Windows, free additional space and restart the installation.
0x28291011Windows could not process the command-line argument [/tempdrive]. The required drive path was not found or is invalid.
0x282a1011CheckForOtherUsers
0x282b1011You are attempting to install Windows while there are other users logged onto this computer. Those users may lose any unsaved data they are working on. Make sure there are no other users logged onto this computer during installation.
0x282c1011CheckForBlockedBios
0x282d1011Windows cannot be installed on this computer with the current system BIOS version. Contact your computer manufacturer for a BIOS update, install the update, and then start Windows installation again. OEM Name: %1!s!; OEM Model: %2!s!; BIOS Version: %3!s!; BIOS Date: %4!s!
0x282e1011Not specified
0x282f1011To use the product key you entered, start the installation on a computer that is running a genuine version of Windows.
0x28301011Windows cannot find a Microsoft Reserved partition on the disk selected for installation (disk %1!d!). Although recommended, this partition is not required to complete installation. Do you want to proceed with installation?
0x28311011Windows detected that the EFI system partition was formatted as %1!s!. Format the EFI system partition as FAT32, and restart the installation.
0x28321011The partitions on the disk selected for installation are not in the recommended order. For additional information about installing to GPT disks go to the Microsoft website (www.microsoft.com) and search for GPT. Do you want to proceed with installation?
0x28331011Windows could not process the command-line argument [/installfrom]. The required path is invalid.
0x28341011Windows could not collect information for the Windows image being installed.
0x28351011Windows could not collect information for [%1!s!] since no image file path is specified.
0x28361011Windows could not collect information for [%1!s!] since the specified image file [%2!s!] does not exist.
0x28371011This disk cannot hold Microsoft Reserved Partition.
0x28381011This disk region cannot be used to create Microsoft Reserved Partition.
0x28391011Windows cannot find a Microsoft Reserved partition on the disk selected for installation (disk %1!d!). There is enough space on the installation disk to create one. Click 'OK' to create this Microsoft Reserved partition and to continue installing Windows. Click 'Cancel' to return to the previous screen.
0x283a1011The error occurred while preparing the computer's Microsoft Reserved partition.
0x283b1011Configuration of or installation to disks connected through iSCSI is only supported when Windows installation is started from Windows PE.
0x283c1011iSCSI deployment is disabled since no NICs referenced in the iBFT can be resolved to actual NT-visible devices.
0x283d1011Windows could not online disk %2!u!.
0x283e1011Windows cannot online this disk.
0x283f1011Windows cannot change this partition's type ID.
0x28401011Windows could not set the id for a partition on disk %2!u!.
0x28411011BitLocker Drive Encryption is enabled on the selected partition. Suspend (also referred to as disable) BitLocker in the Control Panel, and then restart the installation.
0x28421011This version of Windows cannot be installed to a partition encrypted by BitLocker Drive Encryption. To install to this partition, turn off (decrypt) BitLocker Drive Encryption, and then restart the installation.
0x28431011This 32-bit version of Windows cannot be installed to an EFI-based computer. Installation cannot proceed. Use a 64-bit version of Windows to install to an EFI-based computer.
0x28441011The partition is of an unrecognized type.
0x28451011The selected disk space is not of type ESP.
0x28461011Windows Setup Rollback
0x28471011Windows is unable to surface or mount the deployed image. Installation cannot proceed. To retry installing this image, reboot the system and restart the installation.
0x28481011Windows is unable to read the installation media's configuration file. Installation cannot proceed.
0x28491011The selected disk is a surfaced virtual disk.
0x284a1011Setup cannot continue due to a corrupted installation file. Contact the vendor of your Windows installation disc or your system administrator for assistance.
0x284b1011CheckForARMProcessorArchitecture
0x284c1011Windows Setup does not support installation from this operating system. To install Windows, start the computer with Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE), and do a clean installation.
0x4e211011The selected disk is offline. To install to this disk use the Disk management tool to bring the disk online.
0x4e221011The selected volume is offline. To install to this volume use the Disk management tool to bring the volume online.
0x4e231011The selected disk is read only. To install to this disk use the Disk management tool to make the disk writable.
0x4e241011The selected volume is read only. To install to this volume use the Disk management tool to make the volume writable.
0x4e251011Setup could not modify the disk attributes for disk %2!u!.
0x4e261011Setup could not modify the disk attributes for disk %2!u!.
0x4e271011Setup could not modify the volume attributes for disk %2!u!.
0x4e281011Windows was unable to validate the partition selected for installation. Installation cannot proceed.
0x4e291011System Reserved
0x4e2a10This hard disk space is formatted with an unsupported version of the NTFS file system. Please back up any data you have on this partition. Then, restart the computer using the Windows installation disc, perform a custom installation and reformat the hard disk partition.
0x4e2b1011Recovery
0x4e2c1011The partition is a Microsoft Recovery partition.
0x4e2d1011Windows detected that this is an unstaged image. Installation requires at least %1!d! MB of RAM, but this computer only has %2!d! MB. Installation cannot proceed.
0x4e2e1011An unsupported command-line option [%1!s!] was specified. Make sure you are using this command-line option in the correct environment.
0xffff1011Windows Setup experienced an unexpected error. To install Windows, restart the installation.
0x100000011011Performance
0x100000021011Sysprep
0x300000001011Info
0x300000011011Start
0x300000021011Stop
0x500000041011Information
0x700003e81011Execute Setup Phase
0x700007d01011Sysprep Specialize
0x70000bb81011Setup information
0x70000fa01011OS information
0x900000011011Microsoft-Windows-Setup
0x900000021011System
0xb00003e91011Setup phase %1 started.
0xb00003ea1011Setup phase completed with status %1.
0xb00007d11011Sysprep specialize started.
0xb00007d21011Sysprep specialize completed with status %1.
0x274d11Windows installation is not supported for the file system on the current partition [%1!s!].
0x4e2a11This hard disk space is formatted with an unsupported version of the %1!s! file system. Please back up any data you have on this partition. Then, restart the computer using the Windows installation disc, perform a custom installation and reformat the hard disk partition.
0x753011Windows cannot parse the unattend answer file's Storage Configuration setting.
0x753111Windows could not apply the unattend answer file's Storage Configuration setting.
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