Do I have to Reinstall ?

Hi..I set everything up to install W7 on my C drive (which incidently has a clean install of XP on it ) connected up my DVD drive and put the W7 disk in and rebooted ....
Now I thought it would give me the normal press a key to boot from the CD but it just booted back into W7.....so I did some checking and it is not seeing the DVD drive plus it no longer connects to my server..This is strange ...So first I will reconnect the DVD drive and see what happens...;
OK I have the DVD player going but still no internet connection ....however have booted up from the W7 disk....
On my secondary Acer PC I am writing this and have also loaded
Clean Install Windows 7 - Windows 7 Help Forums

I will use this guide to take me through the correct process .....I have ensured the new installation is going on my C Drive...I maybe should have formatted my C drive first but am presuming I can do that during the installation process..the expanding Window files is at 84% and should soon be completed..Its rebooting...and completing installation..It has now given me two Window 7 on the black screen so I just let it choose by timing it out...and I now have ...Set Up Windows so I am getting near the crucial stage if this is going to succeed...

I have finished but I do not like what I see ..it seems it still has XP files on it so I will Format C and do a new reinstall...
Oh No ???I had to reboot into W7 on my D Drive and when i went to format the C drive I was confronted by the same USER panel that this whole operation is to get rid of...

I really need some ideas ASAP ..Can I format C in Safe Mode??

OR can I just delete everything on the C Drive???

Hoping I can get a work around ..Thanks Ron

Hi..Just in case its important here is a screenshot of my Cdrive...I know nothing about W7 but has it "picked up" the XP files and put them in a folder? IE Old Windows....Ron

Hi...I found this when I did a troubleshoot....Apparantly “Local Area Connection” doesn’t have a valid IP configuration error may occur when you troubleshoot network on Windows.

But again I cannot try and fix it because W7 is blocking everything I do ....I am beginning to wonder about this IE maybe XP is king after all ...
How can experts write all these articles oh how to fix this UAC problem when anything one tries to do is blocked by the problem one is trying to fix ....
I wonder if one can fix what is apparantly an Administrators problem by doing a W7 Repair using the DVD ...Thanks Ron
PS Meanwhile my Acer XP computer is still online via the same Modem and giving me a life line...I just cannot figure this out...What could I have done to de validate my Local Area Connection..Thanks Ron

Hi..I wonder if that is W7 installed on my C Drive ...If it is and if I can get Administrators rights to it would it allow me to get at W7 on my Drive..or am I only dreaming...Thanks

Hi Ron,

You could have formatted the partition (or the whole drive) before it started copying files. See step 7 here

Because there was a previous installation of Windows on the drive/partition - Windows put it in the "Windows.old" folder. You can get rid of it by running Disk Cleanup (right click and "Run as Administrator") and make sure "Previous Windows Installations" item on the list is checked.

So, your new Windows 7 is still showing you UAC prompts, asking for a password? What happens if you type your password in?

Are there any steps/changes you've made that weren't in the tutorial you followed?

Could you please check for me that you have administrative rights on your account? To do this,

Open command prompt, type in

Code:

net user USERNAME

replacing USERNAME with your own username that you chose during the installation. It should say "Local Group Memberships: Administrators"

Also, if I may ask, where did you get a hold of your installation CD? If it's not from a genuine source, that could be the problem

Hi...There is no place to type in a Password ....Thats what I have saying all along plus the Yes is grayed out..Everything i do I get the panel denieing me access...I found the W7 Ultimate x32 on the internet as an ISO and burnt it to a DVD....??? Ron

murihikukid said:

Hi...There is no place to type in a Password ....Thats what I have saying all along plus the Yes is grayed out..Everything i do I get the panel denieing me access...I found the W7 Ultimate x32 on the internet as an ISO and burnt it to a DVD....??? Ron

Where abouts on the internet? It could be that you got a dodgy, unofficial copy.

I've done some quick looking around and it would really help me, if you checked if your user account is in the administrators group (see previous post) - because if it isn't, that could be the source of your problem with UAC "yes" button being greyed out

Hi...What you require is impossible for me due to age...I can never recall passwords ...I am doing what seems to me as all I can do IE Installing XP back on the C Drive Partition ...Maybe I can get my computer back .....Later I will see if I can salvage anything from my D Drive?? ...I honestly cannot believe W7 ..Its completely rubbish when it can totally block everything including all attempts that i tried to fix it by reading instructions on Google ..Thanks Ron

Hi..I tryed to get Command prompt to carry out your instructions and got nowhere ...As regards Command prompt i Require to know exactly what to write in...but going by what I have already encountered I do not think I can get what you want.....So far I cannot get the computer back online So it looks like I have had it .....I cannot get System Restore or anything that can help me as long as this UAC thing keeps blocking everything I try...I could try another install from another DVD???it looks like whatever knocked me offline is on the D Drive version of W7....and now I have a screen capture of my Users Folder on my D drive which shows what a mess I am in...

Hi Ron,

I'm sorry you're still having trouble and appreciate you trying different things and going through the installation process again.

Unfortunately I'm not sure what else I can suggest, other than sourcing a known-good copy of Windows 7, formatting the hard drive before installation to remove previous windows installations (you can do this when you boot from the CD, to install Windows 7 - it won't deny you that way) and trying again.

Maybe someone else could share their thoughts and suggestions?