Window 10 Media Creation Tool errors with 0x80070456 0xA0019

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I am trying to use the Windows 10 Media Creation Tool to create a bootable USB flash drive but am getting an error message. It seems download the files successfully but fails part way through transferring the files to the USB drive.

The error message code I get is "Something went wrong ... 0x80070456 - 0xA0019"

The steps I take are

  1. Run the program
  2. Accept the license conditions
  3. Choose "Create installation media for another PC"
  4. Language "English (United States)", Edition "Windows 10", Architecture "64-bit (x64)"
  5. Choose "USB flash drive"
  6. Choose the USB flash drive from the list

I am running Windows 10 Professional. The USB drive is 64Gb.

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asked on Super User Nov 22, 2016 by Kevin Brydon • edited Jun 23, 2017 by Stevoisiak

6 Answers

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The real problem is the the USB device's formatting type . You need a FAT32 USB not an NTFS one. Indeed all the USB greater than 32GB NEED an NTFS system and is quite normal that the procedure doesn't work with them. You have to change in any case the system format of the USB in FAT32. ;)

answered on Super User Feb 22, 2017 by Andrea Saltalamacchia
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I've had this problem, it seems that media creation tool will fail if the partition type is GPT even if the usb drive is formatted fat32 and the space is sufficient. Convert your usb drive to mbr and format it again as fat32 and it will work

answered on Super User Oct 9, 2017 by unlink
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The answer for me was to use a smaller USB drive. It worked successfully on an 8Gb USB flash drive.

I had searched for answers on the internet and it seems like everyone who was having similar problems were using USB drives greater than 32Gb.

Hope this helps someone.

answered on Super User Nov 22, 2016 by Kevin Brydon
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If reformatting the USB drive does not work, try switching the USB-drive to another USB port on your computer. Doing this resolved this issue for me.

answered on Super User Jul 2, 2017 by kevoh
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The media creation tool is full of bugs.

Just use it to create an iso (for a DVD install), then use Rufus or a similar tool to create a bootable USB flash drive from the iso.

answered on Super User May 29, 2018 by Abhi Beckert
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check that the antivirus does not block some program process like "autorun.inf" If this occurs, it will momentarily deactivate the antivirus or the real-time protection of the antivirus

answered on Super User Oct 6, 2017 by Julio

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