Upgrading installation help please

[runedog]

Hello all,

After a system scan it seems I had some corrupted Windows files which were affecting bootups which caused periodic freezes. I decided to do a in-place reinstall. and after I uninstalled SP1 all went well until I got to the final reboot and then received the message that the installation could not complete and my Windows version was been returned to the previous version?

Can anyone help please?

Many thanks

 

[seavixen32]

Welcome to Windows Seven Forums.

Please check this tutorial, which explains how to carry out a repair install and may give you a pointer as to where you are going wrong.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/3413-repair-install.html

 

[runedog]

Many thanks for your swift reply, very much appreciated.

I followed everything as detailed in the tutorial. The only omiission was I did not uninstall my security suite so maybe this could have been the issue?

Now that Windows (the old install) is active again, some of my programs will not work which is not an issue BUT they will not install as the error says I cannot access the disk?

Thanks again for your help.
Graham

 

[theog]

I would Check the hard drive with the manufacturer's diagnostic tools.
Hard Drive Diagnostics Tools and Utilities (Storage) - TACKtech Corp.
HD Diagnostic

For better help with problems, Can you post your specs.
http://www.sevenforums.com/general-discussion/22550-filling-out-system-specs.html
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/180324-system-info-see-your-system-specs.html

http://www.sevenforums.com/hardware-devices/6936-dont-know-what-hardware-you-have.html
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/176785-vistaforums-sysinfo-tool.html

 

[runedog]

Here are my system specs:

[FONT=&quot]Quiet Coolermaster Cosmos Case[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Multiple Quiet 120mm case fans[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Quiet Coolermaster 1000W Quad PCI-E PSU[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Intel Core i7 950 CPU (3.06Ghz Quad Core)[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Quiet CoolIT ECO CPU heatsink & Fan[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Asus P6X58D-E motherboard with SATA III support[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]12 GB Kingston HiperX PC12800 (1600Mhz) DDR3 RAM[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]120GB OCZ Ultrafast Sandforce Solid State Drive (for OS and programs)[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]2000GB Samsung SATA hard drive (for data)[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]24x Sony/NEC Dual Layer DVD +/- Rewriter [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]ATI HD 5970 2GB PCI Express Graphics card[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Creative XFi Xtreme Audio 7.1 channel sound card[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]2 Front USB 2.0 ports[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]4 Back USB 2.0 ports[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]2 Back USB 3.0 ports[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Back Firewire port[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Onboard Gigabit Ethernet LAN Network Card[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]802.11n 300mbps wireless network card[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Windows 7 Professional 64bit

Many thanks for your time
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