Upgrade from Vista fails

[Ortzinator]

I'm upgrading from Vista SP1 (which was actually upgraded from XP a year ago) to Win7 RTM and after 4 hours the install fails with the message "This version of Windows could not be installed, Your previous version of Windows has been restored, and you can continue to use it."

I tracked down the error logs and here's the log at C:\$WINDOWS.~BT\Sources\Panther
pastebin - collaborative debugging tool

Unless someone can decipher all this I'll just wait until I can get a new hard drive and do a clean install.

 

[Mark]

Hi Ortzinator and welcome to the forums, what is the version of Vista do you have and what version of Windows 7 are you trying to install, I beleive there are certain versions that can not be upgraded.

 

[Ortzinator]

Sorry, Ultimate 64-bit to Ultimate 64-bit.

 

[septprince]

Welcome to SF.


You cannot update to Windows 7 from vista sp1.
But You can update to Windows 7 from vista sp2.

 

[Mark]

Thanks, I was just trying to find out if the XP to Vista upgrade might be something to do with it but I don't think it's a problem.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/get/upgrade-advisor.aspx

You might want to have a read on that page and maybe download the Upgrade advisor, because as quoted.

You'll get a report telling you if your PC can run Windows 7 and if there are any known compatibility issues. If an issue can be resolved, you'll get suggestions for next steps. For example, it may let you know that you need an updated driver for your printer and where to get it.

 

[ken9122]

You should update Vista to Sp2, that update to Win7. If you Vista install is clean it will work fine. But the best way is to use Easy Transfer and do a clean install.

Good Luck
Ken

 

[Ortzinator]

I totally forgot about SP2. Thanks, I'll try that.

 

[TGSoldier]

it's better if you do a clean install..

 

[Ortzinator]

I updated to SP2 and got the same error when I upgraded. Same messages in the error log.

Would it possibly help if I uninstalled the programs it lists as incompatible? I had taken that as optional.

 

[septprince]

I updated to SP2 and got the same error when I upgraded. Same messages in the error log.

Would it possibly help if I uninstalled the programs it lists as incompatible? I had taken that as optional.

Yes you can try that...