I just upgraded a 32 bit windows vista Sony Vaio to 64 bit windows 7, but all the shortcuts and original programs (accessories, dvd writers, etc.) installed by Sony are gone. Would like to know how to get these programs back. I had try to use the disc that came with the computer but it actually wipe out windows 7 and reinstall windows vista back onto the computer.
View 4 RepliesI've been told that it is possible to maintain all ones applications and settings when upgrading from XP to windows 7, if you first upgrade XP to Vista and then the Vista to Windows 7. Can anyone verify that? It would be more time consuming but given the amount of apps I have installed and need, it is the best choice in my view. I have an old Vista disc somewhere so there is no extra expense.
Anyone done this before? or heard of it working?
I purchased an HP laptop running Vista just when Windows 7 was coming out. It included a coupon to upgrade to Windows 7. I ordered the upgrade disks.I finally ran the upgrade to Windows 7 including performing the suggested backup of all my files on a separate hard drive. The instructions indicated that I would be saving my email and contacts that was a part of Windows Mail. Now that I am running Win 7, I don't have access to Windows Mail and I don't know where my email files might reside.What can I do now to gain access to my old emails and contracts?
View 2 Replies View RelatedI upgraded from Vista to Windows 7 with no problem. A pop up did mention that I would not be able to use windows mail but did advise my setting and files would still be able to be used. I now have Outlook running but can find no way forward to find all my previous emails.
Question.
Where are my files?
I just installed windows 7 ultimate on my pc.
i already had xp32 and vista 64 business on a dual boot on the same HDD before installing windows 7.
during windows 7 install, I selected the xp32 partition, formatted it and installed windows 7 over the top as I no longer wanted xp32.
When the windows 7 install was complete I expected to see a dual boot screen with
option 1. windows 7
and option 2. vista64
unfortunatelty i have no dual boot options, the pc now just goes straight into windows 7. It doesnt sem to know that vista is there.
i would appreciate assistance in getting a dual boot set up with vista64 and windows 7
recently went from the pre installed vista on my HP dv6920ea laptop to 7enterprise.
When i put in a cd or usb key there is no autorun box that appears now.
Also ive lost the pre installed cd / dvd burning / copying program. Where might i find that again?
Having received a report from Norton error 5013,3, I have now identified that I have lost Windows Base Filtering Engine from my Windows 7 Home X64 system. Can anyone tell me how I can get this back. With previous versions of Windows, you could simply re-install Windows over the top but my install DVD telle me that it is not compatible with what I now have (probably due to all the various updates etc. Is there not a download which could simply restore the lost feature?
View 4 Replies View RelatedI have a legitimate copy of Windows Vista with key codes etc and I have a legitimate upgrade disk for Windows 7. I had Windows 7 installed on a previous system build which had a HD crash and now I am starting again from scratch (wiyh backed up data).
Like a dolt, I installed Wondows 7 before I remembered it was an upgrade edition. I've looked all over the MS site and don't see a method I can use to Activate Windows 7 from this point. way to use my legitimate Windows disks and keys without having to wipe the drive, install Vista and then install Windows 7 yet again.
It's aggravating to have legitimate software and not be able to use it without needing to trick the system - surely there is a way to not have to start all over?
I received an interesting challenge from my Boss today. She gave me her daughter's netbook which is an ASUS (I think it is the first or close to first ever made) and is extremely limited in specs...check this out
Celeron M Processor (900MHZ...)
1GB RAM(667MHZ I think...)
8GB SSD(It might be an SSD but 8GB and it happens to be in an IDE-only configuration...)
Intel 915 Int-GPU (Intel GPU, enough said...)
That is the relevant specs...I am wondering if installing Windows 7 will be possible
Ultimate?...NO NO NO
Professional?...NO NO
Home Premium?...NO
Home Basic...Maybe...
I have also heard reports that you can't activate Home Basic in the US. Before someone says to slap XP on it and let it go...her daughter despises XP and loves Windows 7 which led my boss to get me to attempt to install 7 on it. I think the biggest limiting factor here is HD space but I think Home Basic could fit on it..
I am trying to upgrade from vista ultimate to 7 ultimate, I don't want to format, the only issue I am having upon upgrading is that there is not enough disc space on my drive to continue the upgrade.
View 5 Replies View RelatedI am upgrading my Hard Drive to an SSD and I was going to do a Clean install of Windows 7 but for some reason I can not find my Windows 7 CD including the case. I have the product key since it is in my computer but I just don't have the disk, What I should do.
View 9 Replies View RelatedSo I'm trying to upgrade to Windows 7 64-bit. I boot it up, do the clean install, works like a charm for a while, restarts a couple times. And then it just goes blank when the username screen should load up. I've tried repairing the OS, reinstalling Vista and then reinstalling 7 again. I dunno what else to try at this point. I've tried it a couple times now and always does it
View 2 Replies View RelatedI am planning to upgrade Windows Vista Home to Windows 7 Professional. If my thinking is correct then I will have to do a clean install for Win 7 because I can't upgrade straight from Vista Home to Win 7 Professional. What I need to know is if I run the backup utility on Vista to backup my music, docs, pics, etc. if it will be restored into the correct folders in Win 7? (I've never done this type of install before).
View 6 Replies View Relatedso I'm upgrading from 32-bit Vista to Win 7 64-bit. I know I need to backup all my data and completely wipe my drive clean.My question is this, and it's probably an easy one to answer: I have two hard drives, one of which has the OS, the other obviously does not. I only have to wipe the drive that will have the OS on it, correct? Should I disconnect the 2nd hard drive while wiping/installing 7 just in case?
View 4 Replies View RelatedI upgraded my last OS(Win Vista Ultimate) to Win 7 Ultimate.
the BOSD contains following information:
inspect.sys
DRIVER_UNLOADED_WITHOUT_CANCELLING_PENDING_OPERATIONS
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Technical information:
***stop:0x000000CE(0x873AD79C,0x00000000,0x873AD79C,0x00000000)
inspect.sys
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I start it up in safe mode,and every thing which is appears after pressing F8,but this problem still LIVES!!!
What can I must do?
I have three computers. One is running Windows Vista Ultimate and the other 2 are running Vista Home Premium. Can I use the family pack to upgrade all three machines to Windows 7 Home Premium and then install the anytime upgrade to get the machine that was originally running Vista Ultimate up to Windows 7 Ultimate? If not, please suggest an alternate method.
View 6 Replies View RelatedAm I going to lose my vista CD key after upgrading to windows 7 because I heard from many people that I will not be able to use my vista CD key in case I wanted to return to windows vista?
View 9 Replies View RelatedMy cousin owns Toshiba Satellite L305-S5937 Laptop.It has only two disk drives, C and D.Currently C has windows Vista.So I tried installing Windows 7 on D drive. The windows setup installed everything, restarted, it showed 'Preparing windows for the first time' and 'Checking video performance'. Welcome screen appeared.After that, it restarted again on the welcome screen, saying- logging off, windows is shutting down.This time when it started, beyond toshiba screen, it said:'BOOTMGR is compressed'.I never had such a problem with installing windows.Even vista wont work.So i booted from the disc again, thought of jumping onto vista again.Formatted the drive from windows installation disc, on which i installed windows 7.Restarted again.Still the problem is the same.BOOTMGR is compressed.
View 7 Replies View RelatedIs it possible to upgrade from windows vista 64 bit to windows 7 ultimate 32 bit? tried doing so.. got all the way through the setup and it restarted and the screen stayed black.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI have a HP Pavilion dv6000 laptop running Vista. I would like to upgrade it to run Windows 7. What is the benefit/downside to purchasing an upgrade from Vista to Windows 7 for the HP laptop vs purchasing a new Windows 7 license (other than cost)?
View 1 Replies View RelatedHave Acer Aspire Laptop With.Celeron 530, 1.73 Ghz, 2 GB DDR2, 80 gb 5400rpm HD.Plan to change the HD to 500GB 72 RPM and install Win 7.Windows Upgrade Advisor tells me I can either install the 32 or 64 bit. Any harm installing 64 bit one?How about installing the Ultimate edition?
View 3 Replies View RelatedI upgraded to Windows 7 64-bit from Vista Ultimate 64-bit.
While in Vista, I had automatic backups to an external drive. I cannot delete these old backups manually, and the Backup and Restore module does not recognize them as backups, so it won't manage them.
How can I delete these old backups. When I try to delete them, I get an "Access denied" error. I can't even open the folder with the name of the computer.
I have Windows vista 32-Bit service pack 2, and I am trying to upgrade to Windows 7 64-bit. I downloaded Windows 7 from my school, burned it to a DVD and when i click on Setup (Windows Installer) i get this message "C:UsersMarloneAppDataLocalMicrosoftWindowsBurnBurnsetup.exe,This version of this file is not compatible with the version of Windows you're running. Check our computer's system information to see whether you need an x86(32-bit) or x64 (64-bit) version of the program, and then contact the software publisher."
View 4 Replies View RelatedI recently upgraded from Vista to Windows 7 Home 64bit.My problem is that before I upgraded, my computer supported and I was running a resolution of 1920x1080.After the upgrade, the highest my resolution will go is 1280x1024.Is there anyway I could get back up to my MAX resolution?
View 1 Replies View RelatedIm upgrading my grandfather laptop to windows7 from vista.
we are getting W7HP from our uncle, he used it on his laptop, will i be able to use his W7 disc on the laptop im upgrading(my grandfathers), or will it not work since the W7HP has already been used on another laptop(my uncles)?
Also is it even possible to upgrade vista to W7? I heard it's do able but im not sure. ~I didn't know if this belonged here since the computer is windows vista or if it belonged in the W7 forum since im upgrading~
1. I have already installed Windows 7 on top of the Vista system that previously on it.
2. The mail database was NOT on the boot "C" drive...it was on another partition (D drive.
3. After the successful conversion to Windows 7 home premium, I installed and started Win Live mail
4 Win live mail works ok.
5. From the Win live mail client running on the Windows 7 system, I tried to import the folders from the previous win mail client that I was using while running vista:
File->Import->Messages->Windows Mail->Next->WinMail database file name(D:Vista_Mail)->Next->All Folders->Next.
Import messages window appears and progress bar shows the folder names being processed and when it completes with NO error message, the followning appears in the win live mail import window:
"Import Complete"
"Your messages were imported in "Windows Mail format"".
I then clicked on "Finish"
There are 3 items on the win live mail pain labeled "imported folder", Imported folder (1)" and "Imported folder (2)".
Clicking on any of those 3 entries tells me "There are no items in this View"
I have tried to click on all of the items in the pane and see NO folders.
The reason on why i want to upgrade from a 32 bit to 64bit is because i have some extra ram that is not being used. Also i want my computer to be a little bit better when playing my games.
Processor : Intel Core 2 Quad CPU Q8200 @ 2.33GHz 2.34 GHz
Memory(RAM) : 4.00 GB
System type: 32-bit Operating system
Graphics : NVIDIA GeForce G100
64-bit capable Yes
Model : Aspire M5700
Having used the Microsoft upgrade advisor, I bought a download of Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit. I created the ISO disk as advised and started the installation. The installation seems to go fine until the end when I get the message that upgrade was unsuccessful and Vista is being restored. No other message is given. Antivirus (Kaspersky) is turned off for the install. Its starting to drive me mad...
View 9 Replies View RelatedI have just upgraded my laptop from Vista to Windows 7 and need to install a couple of programmes, iTunes and printer drivers from a CD. Neither will allow installation, the iTunes download has been made but when I click on install it reads: 'The installer encountered errors..... Errors occurred during installation. Your system has not been modified.' When I insert the CD to install the drivers for my printer I get the message: 'Windows cannot verify the digital signature for this file. A recent hardware or software change might have installed a file that is signed incorrectly or damaged, or that might be malicious software from an unknown source.'
View 2 Replies View RelatedI have a Sony VAIO notebook, Model VGN-AR52DB, which I bought in Japan about 5 years ago. The computer has an Intel Core 2 CPU; T5500 @ 1.66 GHz; 2046 MB RAM; 32 bit OS; Direct X 10; Phoenix NoteBIOS 4.0, Release 6.1.I've never used the computer much, mainly because it runs Vista (Home Premium), which I don't like. The computer is still in great shape, so I was thinking of upgrading to Windows 7 (or maybe 8?).
The Microsoft website tells me that if I want to run Windows 7, I need a 1 GHz or faster 32-bit (x86) processor; 1 GB RAM; and DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver.So it looks like the computer will handle Windows 7. Right? (But I'm not sure what the "WDDM 1.0" signifies....) My main question is this: Given the above-mentioned specs, would Windows 7 (either Home Premium or Professional) run alright on my Sony VAIO VGN-AR52DB? Also, for the new Windows 8, the minimum hardware requirements also appear to be IA-32 architecture; 1 GHz (with PAE, NX and SSE2 support) processor; 1 GB RAM; and DirectX 9 graphics device, again "with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver." Here, I'm not sure what the "with PAE, NX and SSE2 support" means.
Question #2: Would Windows 8 also run on my machine and, if so, would it be better to wait and get Windows 8, or just go with Windows 7?
Admittedly I feel a little late to the party with Windows 7 (what with 8 being on the horizon) but after several years (!) of plugging away with Vista Home Premium on my laptop (used every day for work), I'm at the point where I need to update it.Don't have the money to replace it outright, and it's also recently had a new HDD and RAM upgrade, so I'm exploring the possibility of finally upgrading to Win 7 (particularly seeing as mainstream support of Vista has now finished).From what I understand, a clean install of Win 7 is probably better than an update over Vista (and I am happy to do a clean install as I have all programs and everything backed up), but the one thing I am unsure of is whether I can jump to 64-bit Win 7 Professional with the hardware specs of my machine.The laptop is an Acer 5103WLMi with the following spec (from System Information): [code] The Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor report seems to indicate that upgrading to 64-bit is possible on a custom install, but the IT tech I spoke to at work says that because System Information lists the System Type as 'X86-based PC' that it can only use a 32-bit version of Windows.
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