Bootable USB with Windows 7 failed to boot while upgrading from Vista

[yaachit]

Hi,

I have a Lenovo machine with Windows Vista home basic version installed. I downloaded Windows 7 & made a bootable USB..After changing BIOS setting for boot, I tried to boot my machine through USB but failed...no error has been reported. it just hang in there for a while & then move to HDD for boot up.

I read many threads suggesting clean format but not sure how to do it since my bootable USB is not supporting at all.

Note: I had to download bootsect.exe separately as some X64 bit error was popping up while making a bootable USB.

Regards

Yaachit

 

[jumanji]

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[yaachit]

Thanks Jumanji,

But dont think its HDD i think its something to do with X32bit to X64 bit issue...not sure wht is teh cause

 

[derekimo]

Thanks Jumanji,

But dont think its HDD i think its something to do with X32bit to X64 bit issue...not sure wht is teh cause

You can't do an upgrade from x32bit to x64bit. You have to do a clean install.

As mentioned here in the red warning box,

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1818-upgrade-install-windows-7-a.html

 

[SIW2]

I think the OP knows that, because he is trying to install by booting the usb.

You could try Vista Diskpart command to create and format the USB partition. Then copy the contents of the win7 iso onto it.

From an admin cmd prompt ( press enter after each command)

diskpart

lis dis

sel dis ? (replace ? with the disk number of your usb drive)

clean

cre par pri

act

for FS=ntfs LABEL="win7" QUICK.

exi

 

[derekimo]

I think the OP knows that, because he is trying to install by booting the usb.

Could be, but that would not be an upgrade then. It would be a clean install.

 

[yaachit]

SIW2,

I tried all this but in vain then I used the mighty Microsoft USB/DVD tool...but no solution.

 

[yaachit]

I just tried to run Bootsect.exe through command prmpt and got this error

"bootsect.exe is not compatiable with the version of Windows you're running.check your computer system info to see whetheryo need a x86 or x64 version the program ....."

looks like i need bootsect.exe for 64 bit huh???? not sure..???

 

[SIW2]

1) Are you able to boot Vista install media, or Vista recovery media from usb?

2) Do you even have Vista install/recovery media?

If you are trying to run bootsect from 32 bit installed windows, then you need 32 bit bootsect.exe

here: View attachment b.zip

 

[yaachit]

yes, I am trying to run from 32 bit installed windows, used BOOTSECT but no resolution still.....dont have vista install/vista recovery..BTW do you have BOOTSECT for 64 bit..like to try with that as well...thanks

 

[SIW2]

You can't run a 64 bit bootsect.exe from within 32 bit windows. That is why you need to use 32 bit bootsect.exe.

If you have done that and it is still not working, then the problem is not the lack of nt6 bootsector code.

 

[jumanji]

From what I understand you are unable to boot from your bootable USB pen drive you created with the Microsoft Tool which can be finicky at times or most of the time .

Try with another pen drive.

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