seems to have hung at Regathering Files and Settings stage at 72% (410509 files of 410619 files have been reinstalled)
Friends laptop - Xmas eve ... bugga
Been at this 72% for about an hour.
Normal?
Rgds
Rod
Give it overnight. In-place upgrades can take days sometimes.
Hope files are backed up, as these can fail.
If you wait long enough it is spose to give you a rollback if it can't complete.
Otherwise, you'll need to boot from the DVD and do a clean install, which is a much better install anyway.
Upgraded wifes PC ... took "only" 3 hours...been 4.5 on this to date....
Bugga
tks for help
Did you buy the DVD retail?
If so you also paid for MS tech support, which should have rollback fixes for stalled/failed in-place Upgrades.
I only suggest it because I haven't seen these fixes much around here, probably because we're mostly rabid clean installers. Except Kari who knows how to do em right: A simple guide to a successful in-place upgrade
Last edited by gregrocker; 24 Dec 2009 at 03:40.
Hi Roddy, Merry Christmas to you and all Australia!
In-place upgrade can be tricky. Read this, check if you've done and prepared everything.
In-place can really take hours. My record at the moment is almost 7 hours. One of the normal reasons why it does not work is that people think nothing is happening and they interrupt the process. As Gregrocker here mentioned, the in-place process can take hours. Here's Microsoft's official estimates of time needed to in-place upgrade various systems:
Is it still hung at 72%?
Kari
As far as I know...he unplugged the laptop from power, kept it running on battery and has had to go home!
4 day weekend here....
bugga
Rod
I would not say he is a Super Heavy User though - I nonly noticed about 20 or so apps and very little data
tks
Maybe it will roll back when it notices it is on battery?
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