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BlackFusion

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I've decided to upgrade from vista to win7 but during the installation, near the end after it's 3rd reboot it always freezes at 42% when it says that it's trying to importing my old settings from vista. I'm stuck at this point and need some help, thanks.
 

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Vista
According to tutorial by Brink

The Only Valid Upgrade Paths to Window 7:
  • Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 or SP2 -> Windows 7 Home Premium
  • Windows Vista Business SP1 or SP2 -> Windows 7 Professional
  • Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 or SP2 -> Windows 7 Ultimate

It is you case?
 

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Gericom Blockbuster2
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Win 7, Home Premium
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P4 3.2
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1.25
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ATI Mobility Radeon 9600/9700, 128
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DSL
Hi BlackFusion and welcome to Se7en Forums :party:

Personally, I don't advocate the use of an upgrade from a previous version of Windows. Instead, I always recommend a clean installation. If you have plenty of space, I suggest that you create a new partition and install W7 in that.
 

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Dwarf Dwf/11/2012 r09/2013
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Windows 8.1 Pro RTM x64
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Intel Core-i5-3570K 4-core @ 3.4GHz (Ivy Bridge) (OC 4.4GHz)
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ASRock Z77 Extreme4-M
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Asus Eee PC 1011PX Netbook (Windows 7 x86 Starter)
Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 or SP2 -> Windows 7 Home Premium
and your Win 7 is also Home Premium, not Ultimate?

And anyway I would support Dwarf advice.
 

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Gericom Blockbuster2
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Win 7, Home Premium
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P4 3.2
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ATI Mobility Radeon 9600/9700, 128
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DSL
problem is, that I have a lot of stuff. Movies, pictures (over a thousand), music etc. I don't have enough CDs to store my data on. It would be a lot easier for me to just upgrade. I have configured vista a lot to try to speed it up, so I'm guessing that could be part of the problem. If there really is no solution then my only choice then is to do a clean install.
 

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Vista
Partition your disk, move everything you need to a separate partition from Windows. Then clean install Windows 7.

Never store important data on the Windows partition. If you do, be sure to back up the "Documents and Settings" and/or "Users" folders.
 

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XP, Seven, 2008R2
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Maxtor, Western Digital
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qwerty
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All of my systems still run fastest on XP 32-bit for the most part. Win7 is fun to play with, but I still prefer XP for raw speed, security, and functionality.
Your data are still available in Windows.old file after clean install. You dont need to format disk. Just some 16 G free space and make clean install.
 

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Gericom Blockbuster2
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Win 7, Home Premium
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P4 3.2
Memory
1.25
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ATI Mobility Radeon 9600/9700, 128
Internet Speed
DSL
I would still do a clean installation, as it is really the best way to ensure a stable system. You can then copy the necessary data over from Vista to W7. Although W7 is built on the fundamentals of Vista and can, in many cases where there isn't a specific W7 driver available use an equivalent Vista driver, it is still substantially different. It might well be possible to follow the upgrade path as described by Shawn (Brink), but in order to do that you really need an unadulterated installation of Vista. I note that you have made some tweaks to your Vista installation in order to speed it up, and it is possible that these are causing your W7 installation problems. You also need to remember that the current RC versions of W7 are the Ultimate editions, and, as such, are only officially supported as an upgrade from Vista Ultimate.
 

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Dwarf Dwf/11/2012 r09/2013
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Windows 8.1 Pro RTM x64
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Intel Core-i5-3570K 4-core @ 3.4GHz (Ivy Bridge) (OC 4.4GHz)
Motherboard
ASRock Z77 Extreme4-M
Memory
4 x 4GB DDR3-1600 Corsair Vengeance CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B (16GB)
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MSI GeForce GTX770 Gaming OC 2GB
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Realtek High Definition on board solution (ALC 898)
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ViewSonic VA1912w Widescreen (VGA)
Screen Resolution
1440x900
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OCZ Agility 3 SSD 120GB SATA III x2 (RAID 0)
Samsung HD501LJ 500GB SATA II x2
Hitachi HDS721010CLA332 1TB SATA II
Iomega 1.5TB Ext USB 2.0
WD 2.0TB Ext USB 3.0
PSU
XFX Pro Series 850W Semi-Modular
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Gigabyte IF233
Cooling
1 x 120mm Front Inlet 1 x 120mm Rear Exhaust
Keyboard
Microsoft Comfort Curve Keyboard 3000 (USB)
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Microsoft Comfort Mouse 3000 for Business (USB)
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NetGear DG834Gv3 ADSL Modem/Router (Ethernet) ~4.0 Mb/s (O2)
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Avast! 8.0.1497
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Lexmark S305 Printer/Scanner/Copier (USB)
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Asus Eee PC 1011PX Netbook (Windows 7 x86 Starter)
as long as you're 100% sure that my data will be kept after clean install then I'll try that. Space is no problem as I have an 500GB HD
 

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Vista
Be careful whne you partition because there are some people on this forum who have lost their data ARGH. So I would recommend actually going and getting an external hdd they are dirt cheap nowadays. Get a TB ext hdd and back everything up mate. Believe me the feeling of losing your stuff is a HORRIBLE feeling.
 

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Asus P6T Deluxe V2
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2 x BFG 285 GTX OCXs in SLI
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X-fi Elite Pro
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HP LP 3065
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2 x 150 gb Velociraptors RAID 0
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PC Power & Cooling 750W
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CM Stacker 832
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Stock cooler
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Saitek Eclipse II
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Gericom Blockbuster2
OS
Win 7, Home Premium
CPU
P4 3.2
Memory
1.25
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Mobility Radeon 9600/9700, 128
Internet Speed
DSL
I forgot to mention about getting and using an external HDD, so thanks to digitalrurouni for pointing that out.

To reduce the size of your partition in order to make room for your new one, follow the instructions here Disk Management - Shrink Partition - Vista Forums Accept the default amount, but do not format. Start your W7 installation, point it to the new partition and allow it to format and install. If you are familiar with the Vista installation routine, then it is pretty much the same with W7.
 

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PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Dwarf Dwf/11/2012 r09/2013
OS
Windows 8.1 Pro RTM x64
CPU
Intel Core-i5-3570K 4-core @ 3.4GHz (Ivy Bridge) (OC 4.4GHz)
Motherboard
ASRock Z77 Extreme4-M
Memory
4 x 4GB DDR3-1600 Corsair Vengeance CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B (16GB)
Graphics Card(s)
MSI GeForce GTX770 Gaming OC 2GB
Sound Card
Realtek High Definition on board solution (ALC 898)
Monitor(s) Displays
ViewSonic VA1912w Widescreen (VGA)
Screen Resolution
1440x900
Hard Drives
OCZ Agility 3 SSD 120GB SATA III x2 (RAID 0)
Samsung HD501LJ 500GB SATA II x2
Hitachi HDS721010CLA332 1TB SATA II
Iomega 1.5TB Ext USB 2.0
WD 2.0TB Ext USB 3.0
PSU
XFX Pro Series 850W Semi-Modular
Case
Gigabyte IF233
Cooling
1 x 120mm Front Inlet 1 x 120mm Rear Exhaust
Keyboard
Microsoft Comfort Curve Keyboard 3000 (USB)
Mouse
Microsoft Comfort Mouse 3000 for Business (USB)
Internet Speed
NetGear DG834Gv3 ADSL Modem/Router (Ethernet) ~4.0 Mb/s (O2)
Antivirus
Avast! 8.0.1497
Browser
IE 11
Other Info
Optical Drive: HL-DT-ST BD-RE BH10LS30 SATA Bluray
Lexmark S305 Printer/Scanner/Copier (USB)
WEI Score: 8.1/8.1/8.5/8.5/8.25
Asus Eee PC 1011PX Netbook (Windows 7 x86 Starter)
You could also try http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/11470-windows-easy-transfer-transfer-computers.html

This will allow you to copy your files (music/videos/pictures/documents etc.) from 1 installation to another, even on the same machine. You can then save the transfer file to c:\easyt (or similar) and clean install (don't format) and a Windows.old folder will be created, you can delete this whenever you wish. You can then use the Windows 7 easy transfer to recover your files.

Hope this helps :)




Jeff
 

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Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Compaq Desktop
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU
AMD Sempron Dual Core
Memory
3GB
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430
Screen Resolution
1024x768
Hard Drives
150GB Sata
alright, I have windows 7 up and running with no problems. Thanks a lot
 

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OS
Vista
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