Clean Windows Install issue

Techmancer

Computer Specs

M.2 SSD 1TB

16 GB Ram (2x8)

Ryzen 5 3600

GTX 1660 Super

Tomahawk Max Motherboard

I built this computer and had Linux running on it for several months, suggesting no hardware issues exist on the RAM/SSD/Motherboard; I wanted to install Windows 10.  

Created a bootable USB using Microsoft's Media Creation tool.  

USB disk is recognized and the Windows installation kicks off fine.  

I reformatted the hard drive with 1 large partition 950GB to be my primary drive.  

During the install I ran into an error, "Windows cannot install required files. Make sure all files required for installation are available, and restart the installation. Error Code: 0x8007025D".  

After some google searches I tried the following so far:

-Tried using a different USB port (3.0 vs 2.0 ports)

-Tried taking 1 RAM disk out, and switching RAM disks

-Tried partitioning the hard drive to install Windows on a smaller partition (130GB and 155GB)

Nothing seemed to have worked and the same error code is given every time at 76% of installing files.  

The only other thing I haven't tried yet is trying a different USB disk in case the USB disk is corrupt, or the media creation process produced a corrupt file. This seems rather unlikely but something I could try out.  

TSTonyV

If you want to test if it's a corrupt file/formatting issue on the installation drive and your USB drive, I would suggest using DiskPart to clean both drives, then re-create your Windows installation media. 

We have a guide hear that goes over opening DiskPart with CMD and using it to clean a drive, I think it'd be worth a shot:

https://community.microcenter.com/discussion/2333/how-to-use-useful-functions-for-diskpart-in-windows-10#latest

If this doesn't do it, I'd definitely try another USB drive to rule that out as a possibility. 

Techmancer

I reformatted the SSD hard drive and created 1 new clean partition.
I also tried using a different USB drive and again used the Media Creation Tool to create the bootable USB for Windows 10. 
That worked!  Was able to install on 1 large partition 955GB, thank you!  

TSTonyV

Glad you got it working! Let us know if you have any other issues and we'd be happy to thelp.