Windows 7 :: Will Be A Win 7 Upgrade DVD Be As Crippled As A Vista Upgrade DVD ?

Vista To Win 7 Upgrade Made My DVD Drive Disappear
I've got a Dell box (bought last year) with Vista 64 Ultimate.Â I downloaded the Windows 7 x64 Ultimate ISO file, burned it to DVD, and started the upgrade process.Â Unfortunately after the first reboot, my DVD drive disappeared.Â It shows up just fine in Device Manager (which says the drivers are up to date) but Windows Explorer no longer shows it.

The drive letters now go from D to F, skipping the "E" where my DVD drive used to be.Â So now I can't finish the upgrade because Windows doesn't see the drive.

(During the first part of the upgrade, I removed theÂ 5 apps that the Advisor told me to -- Dell Remote Access, Intellitype Pro, ATI Catalyst Control Center, iTunes, and a utility that came with my Canon Camera, if that matters)Has anyone else seen this?Â Any ideas how I can get my DVD drive back?

Posted: Saturday, October 24, 2009 5:06 PM

View 3 Replies! View Related

Use Win 7 Ultimate Upgrade Version DVD To Upgrade WinXP Professional X64 Computer
Can I use Windows 7 Ultimate Upgrade version DVDs to upgrade my Windows XP Professional x64 computers?WindowsMarketplace.com says:Microsoft designed Windows 7 Upgrade media for Windows Vista. Customers with Windows XP can purchase Windows 7 Upgrade versions but must back up their files, clean install, and then reinstall their applications.

So if I have to back upÂ my files, clean install, and then reinstallÂ my applications, then what's different from a full install?And what are the differences between Windows 7 Ultimate Upgrade versions and Windows 7Â Ultimate Full versions then?

Posted: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 10:03 AM

View 5 Replies! View Related

Upgrade Vista To Win7 RC With No Dvd Drive
And tips on how to do that, and is it even possible? I wanna get Windows 7 on my girlfriends computer, and they are not yet selling family licenses in my country (!!), so I was hoping I could upgrade her Win Vista to Windows 7 without having to do a clean format.

Posted: 11-04-2009

View 2 Replies! View Related

Disc Not Detected In DVD/RW Drive After Upgrade From Vista SP1 To W7 RC1
I recently did an upgrade install from Vista SP1 to W7 RC1.Â Everything works BUT - my DVD/RW drive (the very same one I used to install from) is no longer working.Â The drive is detected, has the right driver, shows up in My Computer, but it absolutely refuses to recognize any disc I put in it.Â If I double click on the drive with a disc in it, it pops open the drawer and requests that I load a disc.Â I am running out of things to try.Â I have tried the following:

1.Â Uninstall the driver and reboot.Â Windows easily detects the drive and reinstalls the driver each time, but the problem persists.
2.Â Uninstall all optical programs (AnyDVD, Roxio Easy Media Creator, iTunes)
3.Â Regedit to remove keys for upper and lower filters
4.Â Changing BIOS settings for ACHI, Enhanced vs Compatibility mode, etc.

None of these, or any combination thereof, has worked so far.

I am using a Plextor PX-716SA SATA DVD/RW drive.Â Like I said it was working until immediately after the W7 upgrade.Â The drive appears to show up perfectly, just won't detect any discs.

Looking for suggestions short of a clean install. I'm willing to do that but I'd rather exhaust all other possibilities first.

Posted: Thursday, May 21, 2009 2:30 AM

View 5 Replies! View Related

Is The Win 7 Upgrade DVD The Same As Retail?
I made an ISO of my genuine Windows 7 Professional upgrade DVD and then downloaded a genuine Windows 7 Ultimate ISO. While I was deleting the ei.cfg file, I noticed that the folders and files are all the same. So is there any difference between the upgrade DVD and the retail DVD?

Posted: 12-07-2009

View 1 Replies! View Related

Creating A Dual Boot Using Win 7 Upgrade DVD?
Ok, so currently I am running a dual boot with my Vista that came with my computer on one partitionÂ (my main one), and Windows 7 RC on the other partition & it is working great for me, I love being able to switch from one to the other.Â My question is this, I preordered Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade, and when I get it, I would like to continue to have the same set-up, my original Windows Vista on my main partition, and Windows 7 Home premium on the other partition, will I be able to do it?Â

Can you install an upgrade version onto another partition, or should I install either an old version of XP or Vista on the partition and then upgrade from there?Â

Posted: Friday, September 04, 2009 2:44 PM

View 6 Replies! View Related

Upgrade Win 7 Home Premium To Win7 Pro On DVD
I have Win 7 Home premium installed and activated.(it came on the computer) The non profit that I do work for allows us to buy the Win 7 Pro upgrade DVD for almost nothing so I did. When I try to upgrade from within Windows, it tells me that I need to use Windows anytime upgrade. When I attempt to use it, and type in the provided 25 digit license, it takes it, starts the upgrade, and then tells me that the license number is valid, but not for anytime upgrade.

When I try and boot directly from the DVD with the system BIOS set for DVD as 1st boot item, it skips right past the DVD and boots from the hard drive.

Is there anyway to do this upgrade from the DVD, or is it only good if I do a complete re install?

Posted: 11-28-2009

View 8 Replies! View Related

Upgrade From Vista Home Basic To Win 7 Professional With Student Upgrade Version ?
Can I upgrade from Windows Vista Home Basic to Windows 7 Professional with the student upgrade version? I have a question which may seem pretty complicated, but I want to have a good and certain answer, because I am not sure how to proceed.

Posted: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 1:23 PM

View 6 Replies! View Related

Upgrade Path Problem - Win 7 RC To Vista To Win7 Upgrade
I installed Win 7 RC on a new build and purchased Vista Home Premium 64bit OEM with upgrade to Win 7 Home premium. The Win 7 upgrade disc has arrived. I understand that Vista must be installed and activated for the upgrade to work. Attempts to install Vista with Win 7 RC running or booting from the Vista disc lead to error code 0x80070103, insufficient free space. My HDD has > 450 Gb free space in 2 partitions. Do I need to reformat the HDD in order to install Vista over Win 7?

Posted: 11-13-2009 at 03:42:18 PM

View 9 Replies! View Related

Upgrade Without DVD
I want to upgrade to Windows 7 from Windows 7 (a repair install), but I have no DVD or USB at hand right now. So can I do it without the DVD? If so how??

I searched, but I found tutorials like "how to install windows 7 without DVD", but they have no information whether the methods there will work for upgrade too. They only talk about clean install there.

Posted: 11-11-2009

View 9 Replies! View Related

Upgrade From Win XP Pro Using Vista Upgrade Then To Win 7
If I have WIN XP Pro, can I 1st upgrade to Vista; then Upgrade to Win 7 without 'clean install'. I currently have 4 desk and Laptops with Vista Ultimate (OEM Dell) and 2 desk with Vista Bus and Vista Ult upgrades. However, I haveÂ 3 other units with XP PRO and clients with another 20 machines (XP PRO).Â If we first did a 32 bit Vista upgrade, could we then doÂ a "Windows 7 Upgrade" WITHOUT a clean installÂ to save the human resource time?

Posted: Friday, October 23, 2009 2:21 PM

View 3 Replies! View Related

Upgrade Booting From DVD
By default, to upgrade you have to start the install from a running OS. Is it possible to boot from the DVD and perform the upgrade if for various reasons your current OS won't boot properly?

Posted: 10-30-2009 at 08:33:11 PM

View 2 Replies! View Related

1 Upgrade DVD And 2 Serials
I have a simple question:

I've just upgraded my Vista HP to 7 PRO (which I like btw...it's snappy this baby) with the student offer ($30 dial).

I have a "mac-guy" friend who kindly gave up his chance to upgrade (he's simply not into MS).

So, what I planned to do is to use my DVD (PRO edition) to install 7 on another pc and use the new serial to activate it (this is legal, right? I'm not doing anything illegal, am I?).

Does the DVD contain the same source and can be used to install (as long as I insert a different serial to activate it) or there is some kind of impedimentent in doing so? (DVD-serial specific).

Again, they are both PRO edition.

If I can't do that I have to pass through the downloading/burning process again....so, that's why I'm asking.

Posted: 11-04-2009

View 9 Replies! View Related

How To Get The DVD To Windows 7 To Do Upgrade ?
my brother tells me to order the DVD so I can upgrade from my Vista laptop to W-7. I have a coupon for free version but don't know where to go to get the DVD's?

Posted: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 6:56 PM

View 2 Replies! View Related

Upgrade Without USB Stick Or DVD
i am reading a lot a from people not upgrading to a new build because they don't have a spare DVD or a 4 Gb USB stick handy.

Well you don't need all that.

Simply use your favorite mounting tool (i use Magic Disk), mount the image, start the upgrade process.

You might see an message about Magic Disk having to be reinstalled, dont worry, and continue.

You'll see, upgrade works just fine without wasting DVDs or time coping files to a USB drive.

Posted: 05-31-2009

View 1 Replies! View Related

Anytime Upgrade And DVD Questions
If I understand concept of Windows Anytime Upgrade and Windows 7 installation correctly there is only one DVD medium and according to your key certain options get unlocked and you can use them. If this is true why are ISO images on TechNet different for each version (different in size and SHA1).

Is it possible to jump over versions when doing upgrade, eg. can you go from Starter to Ultimate or do you first have toÂ do upgrade to Home, then to Professional, etc. Is there somewhere on MS site upgrade matrix for Windows 7? I've found one on

http://mossblog.allthingsd.com/20090804/deciphering-windows-7-upgrades-the-official-chart/

but I cant find it on MS site, working with computers and people, writing a little blog @
http://itpendium.wordpress.com just for fun.

Posted: Sunday, August 23, 2009 9:08 AM

View 19 Replies! View Related

Blank Screen During Boot From DVD Upgrade
I downloaded the Windows 7 Home Premium upgrade from Digital River. As I have Windows XP 32-bit, I burned the necessary files to a dvd, and booted from that dvd. I got a screen that said windows was loading files, represented by a gray bar at the bottom of the screen. Then it went to a screen showing a pulsing windows icon, followed by what looks like an empty desktop.

It is nothing but a blue background with some leaves and my mouse. There is nothing to interact with and no keys / key combinations / right clicking does anything. I assumed I may have improperly burned the files, so I downloaded the single ISO file and burned that, but it had the same result. Any suggestions?

Posted: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 7:27 PM

View 2 Replies! View Related

Upgrade - Burn Setup Files Onto Dvd
i have a question. I downloaded the windows 7 upgrade and i want to do a clean install. is it possible to burn the files onto a dvd? or do i have to put them on a portable usb? the files that are on my desktop are setup1.box and setup2.box and Windows 7-HP-Retail-en-us-x86.exe

what and how do i burn these files? i need to boot with the files to do a clean install

Posted: 10-22-2009

View 3 Replies! View Related

Can You Install 7 Upgrade From A Dvd Boot Disk?
I am trying to install windows 7 upgrade from a bootable dvd. I get the prompt to install and then it thinks for a while and comes back with the message:"A required CD/DVD device driver is missing. If you have a driver floppy disk, CD, DVD or USB flash drive, please insert it now.

Note: If the Windows installation media is in the CD/DVD drive, you can safely remove it for this step."

I looked around the web and noticed this was a common issue with Vista, but I cannot seem to get it past this point. I have tried pointing it to any and all possible drivers I can think of for the IDE, SATA, motherboard, etc.

Then I decided to just try it from within windows xp, and it worked. I was able to install everything fine. So my question is if it can be installed from the disk like it appears everyone is saying, or if certain hardware requires it to be done from within windows.

I tried copying the driver folder from the system32 folder after 7 had been installed hoping the needed drivers would be in there, but when I browsed to it, it said no device drivers found.

Any suggestions around this? Is it even necessary? I am wanting a system that would be equivalent to formatting the hdd and then installing. Do I get that by installing within XP and then deleting the windows.old folder?

This is a relatively older Dell XPS 400, although everything worked fine once 7 was installed from within xp.

Posted: 11-08-2009

View 5 Replies! View Related

Upgrade For Free Or Buy Full DVD ?
I just recently purchased Vista Ultimate x64 OEM edition. It came with the free Windows 7 upgrade code.

However, I HATE upgrading. I would much rather do a fresh install of Windows 7.

Is upgrading still bad enough that I should purchase the full DVD? Or should I stick with my free upgrade and just try and suffer through it?

Posted: 10-08-2009

View 9 Replies! View Related

Does Windows XP OEM Qualify For An Upgrade DVD ?
OEM Windows is a topic fraught with confusion. The Windows Upgrade DVD is also a topic fraught with confusion. In this post, I will combine both topics into a question of ultimate discombobulation. ;-) I have an install CD for OEM Windows XP Home. The CD was provided to me by the OEM (Dell), who pre-installed the software on my computer. I have read - in this forum and elsewhere - that an OEM version of Windows is considered a Full version, and that Windows XP is a valid qualifying previous version of Windows with respect to Windows 7.

Therefore, I am under the impression that my OEM Windows XP Home CD qualifies me to legally use an upgrade version of Windows 7. But wait. An OEM version of Windows cannot be legally installed on any computer other than the computer on which it was originally installed. I want to install Windows 7 on a different computer -- not the computer on which Windows XP is currently installed. So my friends, here it is:

Does my OEM Windows XP Home CD legally entitle me to use an upgrade version of Windows 7 on a different computer from the one on which Windows XP is installed? (You understand why I want to do this: I want the latest hardware.) If the answer is Yes...well and good. If the answer is no, I would like a clear explanation of why not. After all, I do own a valid qualifying previous version of Windows BTW: If the answer is yes, I understand that I can no longer legally use my copy of Windows XP once I have installed Windows 7.

Posted: Thursday, December 31, 2009 8:40 PM

View 6 Replies! View Related

Upgrade Blue Background - Pc Stops Reading DVD
my computer is an AMD64 X2 4600 (MB ASUS M2N SLI AM2 NVIDIA NF560), 2Gb of RAM, I have attached a GeForce 8600 GT to my motherboard and no extra cards (audio, LAN, are onboard). Only one 80gb IDE HD primary master and one IDE DVDRW as secondary master. XP works correctly here, Windows 7 upgrade advisor didn't detect any problem to install Windows 7. I made a backup of my HD, then deleted everything in it, inserted the Win7 DVD and booted from DVD.

It started loading, then showed the colored logo, then the blue background with the plant to the right (right before seeing this background I heard a click on my speakers as if the sound card had been initialized) then it stopped reading and nothing else happened (no messages, errors or beeps, mouse pointer is there and I can move it), I tried three times with the same result. I've also tried disabling onboard audio and IEEE 1384 but didn't help.

Posted: Saturday, July 18, 2009 3:30 PM

View 5 Replies! View Related

Upgrade From Win Vista Ultimate To Win 7 Home Premium
I have 2 PCs with Vista Ultimate it on and I bought 2 "upgrades" (or downgrades - you decide) to Windows 7 Home Premium (I never use Bit Locker and only need English).Â When I bought the upgrades (Amazon.com), it stated that I can do this upgrade.However when I attempted to upgrade it stated that I can only do a reinstall. Can I purchase an upgrade from 7 Home Premium to 7 Ultimate that works at pre install oris there a work around? There is nothing I hate more about Windows than having to reinstall applications,Â drivers, and updating the registry.

Posted: Monday, November 02, 2009 11:33 AM

View 5 Replies! View Related

BSOD During Upgrade From Vista To Win 7
So I did a Windows 7 Upgrade advisor, it told me to remove Window Mobile Device Center, and some other programs. On my own, I had one of those virtual CD rom drivers, I remember they were buggy when upgrading to Vista but that wasn't it either. I tried the installation twice and I get the same error, I saw someone elses post and downloaded the Debugger to examine the Mini dump.

I don't know if it makes a difference but I am installing this on an MSI PR800 notebook with an OCZ Core SSD drive. I cannot find where to look to examine the dump. The computer just gives a BSOD and I have to shut it down manually, theres no reference to a location.It happens during a restart, I think the first one, maybe the second.

Its during the black loading screen where it first says Windows is Starting (not the one for the first time) and then the flag comes up, somewhere in the middle of the flag loading. Then I get BSOD that says:Page_fault_in_nonpaged_area3 paragraphs of standard text.

Techical Information:*** STOP: 0x00000050 (0x902A90A4,0x00000001,0x8245A014,0x00000000)

Any advice?

Posted: Monday, November 09, 2009 12:14 AM

View 12 Replies! View Related

Error When Upgrade From Vista To Win 7
I re-installed Vista 32 bit and wanted to try and upgrade to Windows 7. I just finished all the updates and Service Pack installation for Vista and wanted to perform the upgrade but when i start the setup.exe from the Windows 7 DVD i get the following message:An installation folder could not be created Error-Code 0x80070005I thought it had something to do with permissions but the same message appears when logged in as administrator.

Posted: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 8:40 AM

View 5 Replies! View Related

BSOD After Win 7 Upgrade From Vista
Installation went smoothly on an ACER 5920 with dual boot - Vista & Win 7 RC. Both had been running- flawlessly. After the install -Â Win - 7 allows login goes to the desktop and then crashes witha BSOD. The Win-7 RsplC still boots but exhibts erratic key entries and screen display error (windows jump around, resize, occasional pixelazation.Â Thoughts?

Posted: Friday, August 07, 2009 7:21 PM

View 5 Replies! View Related

Dell Upgrade - Vista 32 To Win 7 64
I seem to have gotten myself into a problem. I bought a computer with Vista 32 bit Home Premium installed. I wanted a 64 bit OS, so I requested & received a 64 bit version of Vista from Dell. My Windows 7 upgrade discs arrived from Dell, but they're for 32 bit Windows 7 (based on my original configuration) and not 64 bit. I've been told that I need to custom install Win 7 and format the partition that has the 64 bit version so that I don't lose my "free upgrade" status. Does that sound right?

SEcondly, is there another way around this? I have some upgrade discs from other systems, can I use those & just enter the product key from my 32-bit Dell discs?

Posted: 11-22-2009 at 05:06:39 AM

View 4 Replies! View Related

Ultimate Vista To Win 7 Upgrade
Is it possible to install Windows Vista Ultimate to two separate drives and then use Windows 7 UltimateÂ Upgrade on one of the drives to get the option of switching between Vista Ultimate and Windows 7 Ultimate? I also wanted to know if the Windows 7 Ultimate upgrade was in a Family Pak?

Posted: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 3:34 PM

View 2 Replies! View Related