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Windows 7: Perpetual Reboot for Failed Win 7 Upgrades from vista
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12 Aug 2009
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Window 7 build 7600, Xp pro(VM) West Bengal |
Perpetual Reboot for Failed Win 7 Upgrades from vista
Quote: In certain scenarios, a failed Windows Vista upgrade to Windows 7 can throw the computer into a perpetual cycle of restarts, Microsoft informed. The Redmond company did not offer specific details on the causes of a Vista to Windows 7 upgrade failure, but it did offer a workaround for end users affected by this specific issue to put a stop to the continual reboots. The KB article Microsoft supplied for this issue was published after the RTM of Windows 7, and it indicates that the problem impacts all editions of Vista RTM, SP1 and SP2.
“When attempting to upgrade from Windows Vista to Windows 7 the upgrade attempt may fail with the message “This version of Windows could not be installed, Your previous version of Windows has been restored, and you can continue to use it." However, the next reboot of the machine will launch the upgrade process again only to fail with the same message,” the software giant informed. Read More --> | My System Specs |
| System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom made
OS Window 7 build 7600, Xp pro(VM)
CPU Amd Athlon 2000 xp+
Motherboard Asus x series
Memory kingstone(1gb+256MB)
Graphics Card Nvdia 6200(256 mb+255mb(shared))
Sound Card soundmax
Monitor(s) Displays Lg Flatron w1943
Screen Resolution 1360x768
Keyboard i-ball
Mouse i-ball
Case i-ball
Hard Drives segate 80GB
Internet Speed 256kbps up and 256 kbps down
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12 Aug 2009
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#2 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate x64, XP Mode, W8 RP VM, Linux Mint Debian 2nd OS HD- 7 Pro x64 second case New England |
More then likely a great deal of that will tend to be seen on premade systems rather then on custom builds where most would automatically plan a clean install of 7 from the start. It's still a good one to post here! | | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64, XP Mode, W8 RP VM, Linux Mint Debian 2nd OS HD- 7 Pro x64 second case
CPU AMD Phenom II X4 975 Deneb 3.6ghz - 965 on new mini tower
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-790XTA-UD4
Memory Kingston Hyper X DDR3 1600 1.5v 16gb - Mushkin on 2nd build
Graphics Card MSI HD Radeon 5750 1gb - MSI HD Radeon 6450 on mini tower
Sound Card Creative Labs X-Fi XtremeGamer - Realtek onooard 2nd case
Monitor(s) Displays 2 x Acer P191W 19" widesscreen - HP 20" widescreen mini towe
Screen Resolution 1440x900 native - 1600x1024 on 7 Pro x64 build
Keyboard Microsoft Recusa Razor - MS Comfort 3000 on second build
Mouse MS Trackball Explorer - A4TECH dual scroll wheel trackball
PSU Corsair 750TX - primary / Corsair CX600 - second
Case Antec 900-2 - SSD compatible / NZXT Vulcan mini tower
Cooling Zalman CNPS9900A
Hard Drives Primary Ultimate x64 build-
WD Black Edition 1tb Sata 6.0 = 2
WD Black Edition 1tb Sata 3.0 = 2 (OS drives)
WD 1tb Green Power sata = 2 1 external
usb flash drives = 18
Second 7 Pro x64 mini tower-
WD Caviar SE 500gb sata II single drive presen
Internet Speed 30mbps upgrade - primary hard wired - mini tower usb WiFi
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12 Aug 2009
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#3 | |
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so is this for people trying to upgrade to windows 7 from vista? So i take it its ok if you have allready upgraded. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number *Custom*
OS Windows 8 Pro 64 bit
CPU Intel Core i7 3770K @ 4.2 GHz
Motherboard Gigabyte Z77X-D3H
Memory 8GB Corsair XMS3 1333mhz 2x4GB
Graphics Card Gigabyte Radeon HD 7970 OC WindForce
Sound Card VIA High Definition Audio
Monitor(s) Displays Dell S2740L (Primary) Samsung P2450H (Secondary)
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard Logitech G510 Gaming Keyboard
Mouse Thermaltake TteSPORTS Theron Gaming Mouse
PSU Coolmaster Silent ProM 600W
Case Coolermaster HAF 912 Plus
Cooling Cooler Master Hyper 612S
Hard Drives OCZ Vertex 2 60GB (2.5) (OS+Aps)
Western Digital Caviar Blue 640GB 7200RPM (3.5) (Games)
Western Digital Caviar Green 500GB 5400RPM (3.5) (Media/Data)
Internet Speed 50-60Mbs (DL) 12-20Mbs (UL) BT Infinity FTTC
Other Info Samsung SH-B083L 8x Blu-Ray Reader
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12 Aug 2009
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#4 | |
XP_Pro, W7_7201, W7RC.vhd, SciLinux5.3, Fedora12, Fedora9_2x, OpenSolaris_09-06 Denver suburb |
Fortunately, it only happens " In certain scenarios"...
The more I read the link, the 'stranger' it becomes...
Perhaps because its written in "Springlish"? Quote: “Windows Vista will have been restored on the computer but the Boot Configuration Database (BCD) store has not edited to restore Windows Vista as the default booting operating system,” Microsoft stated. “The computer will continue to boot to the Windows 7 Setup and then fail until the BCD database has been restored to its previous state.” AFAIK, BCD store is not an executable, and cannot edit nutthin.
MS calling it a 'database' tends to affirm my limited knowledge.
The solution is: Vista, executing the Vista command: Quote: X:\boot\Bootsect.exe /NT60 All which is, generally speaking, one of the Win 7 'cure-alls':
Writes the: (in Win7_words: Vista or later) boot sector, blah-blah...
So, TMALSS, V_Bootsec.exe is modifying the file 'bcd' database differently from the Win_7 mods, which are obviously NG.
Anybody know the specific differences?
Is the 'GUID' the culprit?
"Inquiring minds would like to know", and metoo.  | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Gateway GT5056
OS XP_Pro, W7_7201, W7RC.vhd, SciLinux5.3, Fedora12, Fedora9_2x, OpenSolaris_09-06
CPU AMD 64x2
Motherboard Yes
Memory 1 gig
Graphics Card Dunno
Sound Card Realtek something
Monitor(s) Displays Samsung SyncMaster 940MW w/TV
Screen Resolution 1280x1024
Hard Drives 250 GB WD, USB Seagate Freedesk 1.5 T
Internet Speed Cable modem
Other Info 1 + 1 = 10b,
7 + 7 = 16o,
a + b = 15h.
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13 Aug 2009
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#5 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate x64, XP Mode, W8 RP VM, Linux Mint Debian 2nd OS HD- 7 Pro x64 second case New England |
Under certain circumstances usually temporary from the start until MS fixes a problem with any new service pack out some have run into problems installing SP2 or 3 on XP as well as the two SPs for Vista. Without any hardware faults most often a failed upgrade generally proves itself to be a user error in most cases however. | | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64, XP Mode, W8 RP VM, Linux Mint Debian 2nd OS HD- 7 Pro x64 second case
CPU AMD Phenom II X4 975 Deneb 3.6ghz - 965 on new mini tower
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-790XTA-UD4
Memory Kingston Hyper X DDR3 1600 1.5v 16gb - Mushkin on 2nd build
Graphics Card MSI HD Radeon 5750 1gb - MSI HD Radeon 6450 on mini tower
Sound Card Creative Labs X-Fi XtremeGamer - Realtek onooard 2nd case
Monitor(s) Displays 2 x Acer P191W 19" widesscreen - HP 20" widescreen mini towe
Screen Resolution 1440x900 native - 1600x1024 on 7 Pro x64 build
Keyboard Microsoft Recusa Razor - MS Comfort 3000 on second build
Mouse MS Trackball Explorer - A4TECH dual scroll wheel trackball
PSU Corsair 750TX - primary / Corsair CX600 - second
Case Antec 900-2 - SSD compatible / NZXT Vulcan mini tower
Cooling Zalman CNPS9900A
Hard Drives Primary Ultimate x64 build-
WD Black Edition 1tb Sata 6.0 = 2
WD Black Edition 1tb Sata 3.0 = 2 (OS drives)
WD 1tb Green Power sata = 2 1 external
usb flash drives = 18
Second 7 Pro x64 mini tower-
WD Caviar SE 500gb sata II single drive presen
Internet Speed 30mbps upgrade - primary hard wired - mini tower usb WiFi
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13 Aug 2009
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#6 | |
XP_Pro, W7_7201, W7RC.vhd, SciLinux5.3, Fedora12, Fedora9_2x, OpenSolaris_09-06 Denver suburb |
This one is no user error - its a flat-out "Bug"... | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Gateway GT5056
OS XP_Pro, W7_7201, W7RC.vhd, SciLinux5.3, Fedora12, Fedora9_2x, OpenSolaris_09-06
CPU AMD 64x2
Motherboard Yes
Memory 1 gig
Graphics Card Dunno
Sound Card Realtek something
Monitor(s) Displays Samsung SyncMaster 940MW w/TV
Screen Resolution 1280x1024
Hard Drives 250 GB WD, USB Seagate Freedesk 1.5 T
Internet Speed Cable modem
Other Info 1 + 1 = 10b,
7 + 7 = 16o,
a + b = 15h.
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13 Aug 2009
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#7 | |
Windows 8 Professional x64 Morecambe, Lancashire, England |
I got the same problem when I tried using an upgrade disk to upgrade from XP to Vista. | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom Built
OS Windows 8 Professional x64
CPU Intel Core i7 965 Extreme Edition 3.2GHz
Motherboard ASUS Sabertooth x58
Memory 12GB Corsair Dominator 1600MHz
Graphics Card Zotac Nvidia Geforce GTX470
Sound Card ASUS Xonar DX/XD 7.1
Monitor(s) Displays Dell 24" S2409W + Dell 20" E207WFP
Screen Resolution 1920x1080 + 1680x1050
Keyboard Logitech G11 Keyboard
Mouse Logitech G5 Laser Mouse (2007 edition)
PSU Corsair HX850 modular
Case Coolermaster 690II Advanced Nvidia Edition
Cooling Corsair H60
Hard Drives 1x 120GB OCZ Agility 3, 1x 750GB Western Digital Caviar Black, 1x 1TB Western Digital Caviar Blue
Internet Speed 20Mbps
Antivirus Microsoft Security Essentials
Browser Google Chrome
Other Info LG Blu-Ray player
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14 Aug 2009
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#8 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate x64, XP Mode, W8 RP VM, Linux Mint Debian 2nd OS HD- 7 Pro x64 second case New England |
Quote: Originally Posted by Everlong18  I got the same problem when I tried using an upgrade disk to upgrade from XP to Vista. That would simply point out a more commonly seen problem when going to upgrade from one version to the next without it being tied to one version alone namely Vista or 7. I can imagine similar if not the same was seen when upgrading from 2000 to XP at times. | | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64, XP Mode, W8 RP VM, Linux Mint Debian 2nd OS HD- 7 Pro x64 second case
CPU AMD Phenom II X4 975 Deneb 3.6ghz - 965 on new mini tower
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-790XTA-UD4
Memory Kingston Hyper X DDR3 1600 1.5v 16gb - Mushkin on 2nd build
Graphics Card MSI HD Radeon 5750 1gb - MSI HD Radeon 6450 on mini tower
Sound Card Creative Labs X-Fi XtremeGamer - Realtek onooard 2nd case
Monitor(s) Displays 2 x Acer P191W 19" widesscreen - HP 20" widescreen mini towe
Screen Resolution 1440x900 native - 1600x1024 on 7 Pro x64 build
Keyboard Microsoft Recusa Razor - MS Comfort 3000 on second build
Mouse MS Trackball Explorer - A4TECH dual scroll wheel trackball
PSU Corsair 750TX - primary / Corsair CX600 - second
Case Antec 900-2 - SSD compatible / NZXT Vulcan mini tower
Cooling Zalman CNPS9900A
Hard Drives Primary Ultimate x64 build-
WD Black Edition 1tb Sata 6.0 = 2
WD Black Edition 1tb Sata 3.0 = 2 (OS drives)
WD 1tb Green Power sata = 2 1 external
usb flash drives = 18
Second 7 Pro x64 mini tower-
WD Caviar SE 500gb sata II single drive presen
Internet Speed 30mbps upgrade - primary hard wired - mini tower usb WiFi
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