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You're most welcome Larry. I'm happy to hear that you are back up and running fine again. :)
You're most welcome Larry. I'm happy to hear that you are back up and running fine again. :)
I'm curious... what does a repair install do with the old files it replaces? Does it delete them, move them to somewhere else, or just rename them (.old) and leave them where it found them?
Hello Stevie,
A repair install is basically just an inplace upgrade install using the same edition of Windows 7 that's currently installed instead of the usual higher edition. Since this is technically an upgrade, it replaces all system files with default copies, leaves your user accounts and installed programs intact, and dumps a copy of your current installation in the C:\Windows.old folder as a backup in the new installation. Any discarded files that cannot be used in the new installation may also be dumped into a C:\$INPLACE.~TR and/or C:\WINDOWS.~Q folder in the new installation.
Hope this helps,
Shawn
Hello Max,
I'm not sure how it will work with XP. I would recommend to backup anything that you do not want to lose in case it all goes south though.
Thanks for this great tutorial. My PC is a little sluggish and I was thinking if reinstalling W7 over an existing installation is possible (i remember doing it for XP a couple of times) and this tut answered my questions and then some.
Now, just need to find some time to do it (I still have some mid-term exams to go through).
Again, thanks!
You're welcome Alex. To be extra safe though, backup anything that you do not want to lose before doing it. :)
Of course, After some unfortunate dealings with an old HDD, I`m always backing up my important stuff.
Upgrading throws up an error.
Your current version of windows is more recent than the version you are trying to upgrade to. Windows cannot complete the upgrade.
I look online for the fix and it said i needed to slipstream it or something which i just did and still the same error.