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Gary
Yup, clean install.
I had responded to this, in an effort to help those guys with the "Endless reboot" problem,
to hopefully get back to a 'working' computer, with their rolled-back Vista O.S.:
The 'kb/974078' solution, provided at:
Continual reboot after attempting to upgrade from Windows Vista to Windows 7
will not work, because:
A.) There is no w7 'Boot Manager' menu to select from --- the computer is "continually rebooting"...
.... To resolve these issues, select Windows Vista instead of the default Windows 7 setup when you see the boot entry menu ....Don't know if anyone's tried it yet.@ JSchneider21 :
@ FJP57:
For those where the "upgraded Vista" results in a "Rollback" and "Endless-loop" of rebooting attempts:
Came across this which -might- make your system bootable again, after the "rollback" to Vista :
1. Insert the Windows Vista Media into the drive,
2. Set your BIOS to first priority = Boot from CD/DVD.
3. Then boot from that DVD , and when Windows Vista 'Setup' appears,
4. Get to an 'Admin' Command-Prompt by hitting "Shift and F10".
5. Type the following command at the command prompt and press ENTER
Drive:\boot\Bootsect.exe /NT60 All (Note: Drive: is the DVD drive where the Windows Vista installation media is located)
6. Restart your computer.
(It should boot into your old Vista installation.)
jcrmarker
(Those "MS forums" are a bear to navigate and work with...)
I went from XP SP3 to Win 7 HP x64 clean install. Lost a bit of data but do't care about that as the difference is immense.
Maybe, hitting f8, as it reboots, and making the hd the primary boot may work.
There's always something with any new version of Windows that comes out especially for certain prebuilds. Those with custom cases generally are able to get past them. Yet sometimes it's not Windows or a patch by a manufacturer but a bad install.
I tend to always do clean installs because as hard as Microsoft may try, there is no way, in my opinion, to assure that an upgrade from a near infinite number of hardware and software combinations (software that may be installed incorrectly or written badly) will be trouble free. Just my two cents.
That's a good observation! The one thing most people especially the novice user won't generally realize is the hidden clutter remaining on a present installation when going to perform an upgrade. The upgrade will tend to pick up on minor or simply unknown registry problems with the existing softwares as well as the present copy of Windows on.
The few installation problems I had was fixed by just clearing the cmos and starting over again. It worked on two completely different machines.