Windows 10 Insider Preview 19546.1000 - Issue with VMware workstation 15.5.1

[whorsfall]

Hi,

I am trying to upgrade from Windows 10 1909 (18383.592) to the latest insider build: Windows 10 Insider Preview 19546.1000 (rs_prerelease)

On VMWare Workstation 15.5.1 build-15018445

The upgrade fails with error:

Windows 10 Insider Preview 19546.1000 (rs_prerelease)

Failed to install on ‎20/‎01/‎2020 - 0xc1900101

Any suggestions on how to resolve?

I am guessing some type of compatibility issues. Is there any entries I should add to the .vmx file?

Thanks,

Ward

[T180985]

There are quite a few youtube tutorials for fixing that error code during upgrades. Documentation suggests its likely to be a driver issue though  https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/10587/windows-10-get-help-with-upgrade-installation-errors

[kirm1955 · Accepted solution]

Just copied this from a post I just put this in. You would have the same circumstances upgrading, you have to change the Hard Drive from SCSI to SATA in VMware in order for it to upgrade.This started with build 19536 and up to today's Fast build of 19555.

There has been an issue with the last 5 Fast ring builds that will not clean install or upgrade in a Guest virtual machine. Apparently VMware does not recognize the SCSI Hard Drive (default). Doing a clean custom install of windows, no drives are listed on where you want to install for example in a new vm.

As a temporary workaround, changing the default Hard Drive to a SATA drive, the drive will be recognized and you can install, but under Device Manager, there is an error with the SAS controller. This was introduced about 5 weeks ago as we get new builds weekly as part of the MS Insider program in Fast Ring.

Not sure if this is a MS issue or if VMware needs to adapt with these new builds. Clearly, something has changed. Just to mention, other Insiders have reported same issue with VMware, and others mentioned Hyper-V does recognize SCSI drives with these latest builds.

Regards,

Johnny