An error has occurred. Unspecified error

[Black Fenix]

I am currently on Windows Vista Home Premium 32 bit and I have bought and downloaded Windows 7 Pro 64 bit.

I have used the upgrade adviser and it says:

Information about upgrading to 64-bit Windows 7
System Details
Custom installation required You'll need to perform a custom installation of 64-bit Windows 7 and then reinstall your programs. Make sure to back up your files before you begin.
Go online to get important information about custom installation
Windows Mail and Parental Controls (Web Filtering) These features are no longer included in Windows 7. You can get similar programs for Windows 7 from other software manufacturers.
Go to the Microsoft website to learn more
More info from Dell Inc. Dell Inc. has a website that might give you more information about getting Windows 7 running on your PC.
Visit the Dell Inc. website
Windows Aero support Your graphics adapter supports the Windows Aero user interface.
Go online to learn more about Windows Aero
CPU speed: 2.7 GHz Your CPU meets the 1 GHz minimum requirement.
3.3 GB of RAM Your PC meets the 2 GB minimum requirement.
149.8 GB free space available on C: Your hard disk meets the minimum requirement of 20 GB free space for 64-bit Windows 7.

Now wants I start installing it fills up the green bar and then when there's just a bit left to go I get the error message:

An error has occurred. Unspecified error

Anyone got any idea of what's going on?

 

[Fluffy]

Upgrade version only works on 32 bit to 32 bit and 64 bit to 64 bit

 

[kegobeer]

Welcome, Black Fenix!

In order to upgrade from a 32 bit OS to a 64 bit OS, you have to do a custom installation. There is no upgrade path when moving to a 64 bit OS. I highly recommend you take a look here:

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1649-clean-install-windows-7-a.html?filter%5b2%5d=General%20Tips

If you have upgrade media, you can still do a clean install:

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorial...windows-7-version.html?filter[2]=General Tips

 

[Black Fenix]

Welcome, Black Fenix!

In order to upgrade from a 32 bit OS to a 64 bit OS, you have to do a custom installation. There is no upgrade path when moving to a 64 bit OS. I highly recommend you take a look here:

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1649-clean-install-windows-7-a.html?filter[2]=General Tips

If you have upgrade media, you can still do a clean install:

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorial...windows-7-version.html?filter[2]=General Tips

Thanks.

Unfortunately I am not a very tech savvy person and have honestly got no idea but from what I understand the three options given there are for when you boot up the comp however all I have is an .exe file.

 

[kegobeer]

Where did you download your upgrade from? Is this a student download? If so, you can make a DVD:

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/30470-make-bootable-iso-student-d-l.html