Host refresh error with 20H2 and 2004

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History;
  1. I recently installed 2004 and used the feature update to 2009;
  2. I used the media creation tool to download 2009 (20H2)
I converted the esd to wim and exported the 10 pro x64 to another location and copy that file back into the sources directory;
I restarted ntlite no problems as it recognized the 10 pro x64 bit version. I imported the 2004 preset, and updated the update files.

I created the custom ISO for safe keeping. I then used the untouched 20H2 iso and used the host refresh method to update my PC. However, I get the following error. I aborted the installation and took screenshots and included my current preset.

I do not know what is causing this error. Is it windows o/s or ntlite. I've included the ntlite log.

Note when I installed 2004 it was a fresh install and the system reserved space is now 50MB, before it was above 500MB. I made no changes to disk partitioning, and allowed windows o/s to handle the system reserve space.

According to NUHI

yes, I noticed the same on 1909 and 2009, it's because Microsoft is using 1903 and 2004 bases for the ISOs, while the feature upgrade bump is "just" an integrated hotfix, fully in effect only after install.
Meaning your 1909 host is detecting an older 1903 ISO and does not support downgrades.

Will check if the order of integration or something can be done to bypass that.


Unfortunately I get the same error when updating 2004 iso. Attached is my preset for that ISO
 

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  • Auto-saved session {DE36265C-E05B-4B24-B740-9C2E7C2FDC26}.xml
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  • NTLite.log
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  • Auto-saved session {52399064-1620-41F3-806A-6E85D44DECF4}.xml
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Latest edition of NTlite (7756) and the current January update (2021). Glad to report everything works correctly with host refresh.
 
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