How to fix Windows 10 update failure loop on low free space HDDs?

Question

Got a headache with my Windows 10 tablet. It's the Tesco Connect 9 (32gb HDD 1GB RAM)

The update takes almost 3 hours to finish installing. When the tab reboots, I hit

"There isn't enough memory available to create a ramdisk device”

Error Code 0xc0000017"

As soon as I get back into Windows, the process begins again. The update starts, installs and fails.

Any pointers?

download the 1803 ISO, connect an USB hub to the tablet, store the content of the ISO on 1 USB flash drive and attach a 2nd empty USB drive. now run setup.exe from the 1st USB drive and upgrade, during upgrade , select the empty drive as temp drive. — magicandre1981, May 17 '18 at 15:06

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 20 '18 at 16:16

For devices with less mass storage you need to do some steps on your own:

download the 1803 ISO
connect an USB hub to the tablet, store the content of the ISO on 1 USB flash drive and attach a 2nd empty USB drive.
now run setup.exe from the 1st USB drive and upgrade, during upgrade , select the empty drive as temp drive.

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