Stuck At ' Completing Upgrades ' Of Install
I'm am trying to install Win 7 from a current system that has Vista, and it has been stuck at "Completing Upgrades" for 12+ hours, do I just have to wait for the computer to do its thing, or is there something wrong with my install? Am I basically stuck until it finishes? What is going on at this time of install? What would happen if I was to shut off my computer?
View Replies (Posted: Thursday, January 29, 2009 9:49 PM)
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