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Mike and Mary Normile
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      11-01-2009
I just received my upgrade Windows 7 disks. Ive followed the steps and
everything appears to be ready to upgrade for vista... Ive tried the upgrade
process 2 times and both times my computer got to 62% of the final part of
the install and sat there from11pm until 730 am.
what is the problem? bad software?

 
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Richard Urban
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      11-01-2009
You are trying to upgrade from Vista 32 bit to Windows 7 64 bit. It can't be
done. You have to do a clean install, not an upgrade.

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"Mike and Mary Normile" <> wrote in message
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>I just received my upgrade Windows 7 disks. Ive followed the steps and
>everything appears to be ready to upgrade for vista... Ive tried the
>upgrade process 2 times and both times my computer got to 62% of the final
>part of the install and sat there from11pm until 730 am.
> what is the problem? bad software?


 
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philo
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      11-01-2009
Richard Urban wrote:
> You are trying to upgrade from Vista 32 bit to Windows 7 64 bit. It
> can't be done. You have to do a clean install, not an upgrade.
>



HUH?

the OP never stated that
 
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      11-01-2009
Unplug all hardware except mouse/keyboard. Disable in BIOS all hardware like
network and sound.

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"Mike and Mary Normile" <> wrote in message
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>I just received my upgrade Windows 7 disks. Ive followed the steps and
>everything appears to be ready to upgrade for vista... Ive tried the
>upgrade process 2 times and both times my computer got to 62% of the final
>part of the install and sat there from11pm until 730 am.
> what is the problem? bad software?


 
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Rick Rogers
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      11-01-2009
Hi,

See: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/975253

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"Mike and Mary Normile" <> wrote in message
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>I just received my upgrade Windows 7 disks. Ive followed the steps and
>everything appears to be ready to upgrade for vista... Ive tried the
>upgrade process 2 times and both times my computer got to 62% of the final
>part of the install and sat there from11pm until 730 am.
> what is the problem? bad software?


 
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Richard Urban
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      11-02-2009

Have you not read about the upgrade snafu with the Student upgrades? Many of
the students have ordered the incorrect version and it stalls at 66% of the
final part of the upgrade. It then rolls back the upgrade. You need a clean
install to change to 64 bit from 32 bit. This fellow complains of the exact
same problem.

If it smells like a fish...............................

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Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience & Security


"philo" <> wrote in message
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> Richard Urban wrote:
>> You are trying to upgrade from Vista 32 bit to Windows 7 64 bit. It can't
>> be done. You have to do a clean install, not an upgrade.
>>

>
>
> HUH?
>
> the OP never stated that


 
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Leroy
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      11-02-2009

Please repost your inquiry in the appropriate Windows 7 Answers Forum:
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/...egory/windows7


Mike and Mary Normile wrote:
> I just received my upgrade Windows 7 disks. Ive followed the steps and
> everything appears to be ready to upgrade for vista... Ive tried the
> upgrade process 2 times and both times my computer got to 62% of the
> final part of the install and sat there from11pm until 730 am.
> what is the problem? bad software?

 
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