Use the following solutions to fix the error message Windows cannot install required files during Windows installation, with error codes 0x800701B1, 0x8007025D, 0x80070017, etc.

Fix The installation failed in the SAFE_OS phase with an error during APPLY_IMAGE operation Error Code 0x8007025D-0x2000C on Windows 11/10, using these suggestions.

Microsoft tells users hit by flawed January security update that there's no fix coming in a future update, and they must manually work around the issue.