Vista to seven

[Misterjess]

I am trying to upgrade to seven from Vista. However I mistakingly typed windows seven home instead of windows seven pro. After windows seven downloaded I was asked for the key which I entered correctly. The key was not accepted and now I cannot go back. Any suggestions please???

 

[Brink]

Hello Misterjess, and welcome to Seven Forums.

Since this is an upgrade installation, you should be able to just close the Windows Setup window to cancel the upgrade.

 

[Misterjess]

Hi Brink.
I am at the Windows 7 Home Basic window where its asking me to type in a user name. There are no other options. I cant close anything.
Thanks

 

[Brink]

So, you're saying Windows 7 Home Basic has finished installing?

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

If so, then you could just upgrade to Windows 7 Pro if able.

 

[Misterjess]

Managed to install 7 pro but have lost all my files from Vista. How can I retrieve these please?

 

[Brink]

Check to see if you may have a "C:\Windows.old" folder. If you do, then look in the folder for your user profile folder path for the files.

 

[Misterjess]

Sorry no c folder

 

[Brink]

I'm afraid that it doesn't look good then. They may be lost.

Are you sure that did an upgrade to Windows 7, and not a clean install instead?

 

[Misterjess]

Not sure Brink. Thanks so much for your help. I did back up on an external drive, but I may have still lost some stuff. Thanks again.

 

[townsbg]

Sorry no c folder

Is windows located on another drive?

 

[AddRAM]

Why didn`t you backup your data ???