Will I lose all of my files with upgrade?

[element4life3]

Ok, I will try that and attempt the install one more time. Do I have to do that last step since I'm not running 64 bit? I have a few errands I have to do today so I will probably try this later this evening and I will post my results once more. I wish the damn installation didn't take an hour though....

 

[johngalt]

Nope- if you are 32bit only then the last does not apply to you.

 

[element4life3]

Ok, I tried the disk cleanup and erasing my restore points and still no avail!! I even broke down and attempted a full install, erasing all of my data(after backing up of course on another HDD) and didn't even get past the second step of the installation, and getting the dreaded BSOD...I really don't know what the deal here is. I think I am just going to wait for the public beta to hit the net and give that a try....

 

[darkassain]

ok now there might be something wrong with your hardware...
i dont know if you want to
but can you post your complete specs including you hd motherboard CPU and ram??
this might be more serious than a software installation...
or maybe it might just be incompatible hardware
but that is unlikely.... as you have vista install and working perfectly...
if you dont know your hardware and this is a OEM computer
can you post the manufacture and the model #???

 

[element4life3]

No prob, here are the exact specs: LINK the only thing I have replaced in my computer is the HDD which is a FUJITSU MHV2120BHPL (120 gigs), and my comp orignally only came with 512mb of ram which i upgraded to 1 gig a few years ago, and cant remem the actual ram model...

I know my machine sucks, lol, but it actually runs Vista beautifully, without Aero of course (stupid GMA 915 gfx card.... ) and I have been hearing nothing but success stories on older hardware and 7's better performance than Vista's, and can't se why 7 wouldn't even install at all...

 

[darkassain]

this is strange..
you have 2x512 correct
can you try it with only one stick???

 

[element4life3]

How would removing one of the sticks help with the installation?

 

[darkassain]

were are trying to take as many variables away from the problem....
i also want to see if the may be faulty
do you know the stop codes and the stop message???
it might also be a faulty iso...
there are many variables and we are trying to remove as many as we can...
basic troubleshooting...

 

[element4life3]

Ahhhh...I am going to try these things in the morning, cuz I am gettin pretty sleepy and should prob hit the hay. I'll post my results when I get to it1

 

[Mark]

It seems that you have tried nearly every option aside from a fresh install and if I were you I would just stick with Vista, which IMO is a great OS and as you have aging hardware it's probably not worth worrying about Windows 7 until you have the hardware to run it.

Alternatively you may try upgrading to the 6801 build which is more similar to Vista. Another thing I should mention is that I was unable to do a fresh install of the 6936 build without having 6801 build installed first. If I formated the hard drive it got to the final stage at the point where it was installing the display drivers and then it went blank and the monitor went into standby

At that point I tried a reset but was unable to get the install to continue and found that the only way to install the later build was to have 6801 installed first, strange i know and don't ask me why but maybe it is worth a try and might alow you to do the same.

 

[darkassain]

hey MR GRIM

he is actually trying a fresh install grim

you are right but he has low end hardware....
he wants a quicker os (at least that what i see)...
the thing is i want to see if this is a bad/faulty hardware issue
element try and see if the 6801 installs if nothing else works
i want to avoid him having to download a 2 gb iso for nothing...lol

 

[Mark]

That's a fair point about the 2gig download but on the other hand that build might do the job for him and since the release of bluebadge rev.3 there is not much different from the 6956 build aside from a few icons and a animated boot screen.

 

[darkassain]

That's a fair point about the 2gig download but on the other hand that build might do the job for him and since the release of bluebadge rev.3 there is not much different from the 6956 build aside from a few icons and a animated boot screen.

thats true...
and the boot screen in 6801 is animated....lol
its just you know minimalistic....
but yeah it a good rule of thumb...
that your first Windows 7 install should be 6801 which i think by far the stablest with the amount of hardware that has been tested...

 

[Mark]

Another thing to remember is that 6801 and 6956 were modified to make the ISO so you might find there are issues with using the upgrade option for that build.

 

[darkassain]

Another thing to remember is that 6801 and 6956 were modified to make the ISO so you might find there are issues with using the upgrade option for that build.

i thought it was 6936???....:sarc:
i think you are referring to that one...
since i know 6801 was a full rip...lol
but there will be incompatibility with the late versions because they were ripped out of a already installed system....
and rather violently i heard...lol

i see what you mean...
they use the 6801's installation's enviroment to create a 6956 install
i heard about that that another chinese hacker used that knowledge to do it....
but delete the link...
i dont think the mods or admins like the t-word on the website or as a link...lol
there should be a rule that says you cannot say the t-word....lol
just kidding...lol

 

[Mark]

Yes you are correct about the T word, post has been deleted, it was just the info I wanted you to see lol.

 

[darkassain]

it was because i misread your post...lol
i thought you said that both
6801 was modified..
and 6956 was modified...
i should read your posts more slowly grim....
they offer some insight...lol

 

[element4life3]

Wow....weird stuff is happening....

I shut down my computer last night and rebooted it this morning and it started going into the setup for installation again, then gave me the BSOD again, so when i restarted my machine it gave me the option for "Windows Setup" and "Windows Vista" to boot from, so i selected Vista and here I am now....why is it still going into the setup when i reboot my system?

I caught the STOP this time on the BSOD...

STOP: 0x00000078 (0x80598B58, 0x00000034, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)

What is going on?

 

[darkassain]

this is making me think disk currption...
meaning the disk(iso) itself...
yes i guess there is now other choice but do it the grim way...lol
download the 6801 (pm me for info) and then if you want 6956 then upgrade...

 

[johngalt]

It still has the boot info from the attempted install, and thus is still trying to restart the installation.

FWIW, even with 6801, I had a failed reboot after copying files - and I just let it hang, waited like an hour, then manually restarted and allowed it to start up again.

After that it worked fine.

6956, though, was a no go from get go.