When you encounter this issue. you’ll receive the following full error message;

Windows Upgrade error 0x80070002 – 0x3000D

If you’re faced with this issue, you can try our recommended solutions below in no particular order and see if that helps to resolve the issue. Let’s take a look at the description of the process involved concerning each of the listed solutions.

1] Unplug additional USB peripherals from PC

In some cases, the error might appear due to the presence of additional secondary peripheral devices. To fix this issue, just unplug these devices and then retry the upgrade. If the error still appears, try the next solution. Related post: Fix 0x80070004 – 0x3000D, The installation failed in the FIRST_BOOT phase with an error during MIGRATE_DATA operation.

2] Directly download the Windows 11/10 ISO

This solution requires you to directly download the Windows ISO image file from the Microsoft website. Once you have downloaded the ISO to a location (preferably the desktop) on your device, double-click the ISO image to mount it as a virtual drive and then run the setup.exe file to start the in-place upgrade process. If you’re attempting the upgrade from Windows 7, you’ll need any of these free ISO Mounter software like WinCDEmu.

3] Clean install Windows 11/10

If upgrading isn’t working for you, you can simply create a Windows installation media with the latest version of Windows 10 on a Windows computer or on a Linux or Mac computer, and then proceed to use the media to clean install Windows 11/10 on the device you were trying to upgrade. Hope this helps! Similar Error Codes:

Error Code 8007001F – 0x3000DError Code 800704B8 – 0x3001AError Code 0xC1900101 – 0x30018Error Code 0x800707E7 – 0x3000D.