Thanks Brink for the suggestion. May I ask, what are the contents inside the windows.old folder? Is it just the C:\Windows folder from the previous installation? Or are there also the other folders inside the C drive, such as the Program Files or Users folder(s)?
You're welcome Sanghai.
It's a complete copy of your current Windows 7 installation with all files. :)
You shouldn't need to reinstall .
Boot to the sys recovery options command prompt.
Type :
diskpart
(then press enter)
lis vol
( then press enter. Find you windows 7 partition driveletter - it may be different from how you see it in windows)
exit
( to leave diskpart )
Then type (Replace z: below with your windows drive letter)
cd /d z:\windows\system32
(then press enter)
DISM /image:z:\ /cleanup-image /revertpendingactions
( then press enter - you should get a message asking you to reboot )
Last edited by Brink; 13 Feb 2011 at 00:16. Reason: typo
Ok firstly, it looks like the custom install does not work as well. In the tutorial you posted earlier Brink, I get up to step 11, but when the computer restarts, I get a black screen, with no cursor or anything at all.
Would you still recommend me to follow SIW2's instructions? Even though my previous windows installation should now be in windows.old, with my current installation half complete and not usable at all.
Sigh...
I have done this twice, I didn't get a message asking to reboot but I did anyway. No change.
I do get a message that says " The scratch directory size may be insufficient to perform this operation. This can cause unexpected behavior.
Use the /ScratchDir option to point to a folder with sufficent scratch space. The recomended size is at least 1024 MB"
I am totally out of my depth what should I do? I am running, or was running, Windows 7 Pro 32bit, upgraded from Windows Vista Business
Help much apprecieated as I have already reinstalled the OS once only to have the same thing happen again after the update
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