RE: XP MCE to Vista Upgrade Failure at Phase 2:

My problem was solved when I converted FAT to NTFS, then the upgrade went
perfect.

"confused-plenty" wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am trying to upgrade an XP MCE SP2 Notebook computer (HP Pavilion zv6100)
> to Vista. A clean install of Vista works perfectly, however, I am going crazy
> trying to get the upgrade to work.
>
> The notebook currently has no additional hardware. the specs are:
> ================================================== ===
> Microprocessor 2.0 GHz AMD Athlonâ„¢64 Processor 3200+ with PowerNow!â„¢
> Technology
> Microprocessor Cache 512KB L2 Cache
> Memory 512MB 333MHz DDR System Memory (2 Dimm)
> Memory Max 2048MB
> Video Graphics ATI RADEON® XPRESS 200M IGP
> Video Memory 128MB DDR (dedicated)
> Hard Drive 100GB (4200RPM) Hard Drive
> ================================================== ==
>
> The first phase of the install goes through okay. On the UI, it says
> expanding files (21%) and then reboots. After the reboot, the install UI
> comes up, the statys stays "expanding files (21%)" but the ellipses (dots)
> move (so it seems that the installer is trying to do something). After about
> 10 minutes, the installer throws a popup saying "Install is cancelled. The
> installer encountered an error and cannot continue". It does not provide any
> additional description. If I reboot at this stage, the machine reboots to a
> screen that says rolling back install, and then reboots again, at which point
> the machine becomes unusable (The boot loader screen still comes up, but both
> the Windows boot up option and the Previous version of Windows" option throw
> up errors (Windows error is about Winloader not found, the other one
> complains about ntldr not found). At this point I have to restore machine
> back to the pre-vista install state from backup (which I luckily made before
> installnig Vista).
>
> I have been trying to do the upgrade with exact same results for the past
> couple of weeks. I have looked at the Setupact.log files inthe Panther
> directory. This file has the following error towards the end:
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> 2006-12-18 00:28:34, Info [0x0800c9] MIG WinPEGather: Migrating
> from (X:\WINDOWS) to (X:\$UPGRADE.~OS\OfflineUpgradeStore)
> 2006-12-18 00:28:34, Info [0x0800f5] MIG CheckAndEnableDiagnostics:
> Upgrade diagnostics enabled.
> 2006-12-18 00:28:34, Info [0x080073] MIG Migrate: Migration side
> is: source
> 2006-12-18 00:28:34, Info [0x080074] MIG Migrate: Initializing
> migration engine in offline mode (X:\WINDOWS)
> 2006-12-18 00:28:34, Info Entering MigStartUpOffline
> method
> 2006-12-18 00:28:34, Info [0x0803c0] MIG Initializing offline WinNT
> platform (Read/Write)
> 2006-12-18 00:28:34, Info MIG Platform is using admin
> privileges
> 2006-12-18 00:28:34, Info [0x0803e2] MIG Adding indirect mapping
> from HKLM\SAM to <X:\WINDOWS\system32\config\sam> loaded at
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\$DEST$SAM (R/W)
> 2006-12-18 00:28:34, Info [0x0803e4] MIG Successfully mapped HKLM\SAM
> 2006-12-18 00:28:34, Info [0x0803e2] MIG Adding indirect mapping
> from HKLM\SECURITY to <X:\WINDOWS\system32\config\security> loaded at
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\$DEST$SECURITY (R/W)
> 2006-12-18 00:28:34, Info [0x0803e4] MIG Successfully mapped
> HKLM\SECURITY
> 2006-12-18 00:28:34, Info [0x0803e2] MIG Adding indirect mapping
> from HKLM\SOFTWARE to <X:\WINDOWS\system32\config\software> loaded at
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\$DEST$SOFTWARE (R/W)
> 2006-12-18 00:28:37, Info [0x0803e4] MIG Successfully mapped
> HKLM\SOFTWARE
> 2006-12-18 00:28:37, Info [0x0803e2] MIG Adding indirect mapping
> from HKLM\SYSTEM to <X:\WINDOWS\system32\config\system> loaded at
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\$DEST$SYSTEM (R/W)
> 2006-12-18 00:28:38, Info [0x0803e4] MIG Successfully mapped
> HKLM\SYSTEM
> 2006-12-18 00:28:38, Info [0x0803e2] MIG Adding indirect mapping
> from HKU\.DEFAULT to <X:\WINDOWS\system32\config\default> loaded at
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\$DEST$DEFAULT (R/W)
> 2006-12-18 00:28:38, Info [0x0803e4] MIG Successfully mapped
> HKU\.DEFAULT
> 2006-12-18 00:28:38, Info [0x0803e2] MIG Adding indirect mapping
> from HKR to <X:\WINDOWS\system32\config\userdiff> loaded at
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\$DEST$USERDIFF (R/W)
> 2006-12-18 00:28:38, Info [0x0803e4] MIG Successfully mapped HKR
> 2006-12-18 00:28:38, Info MIG
> COfflineWinNTPlatform::MapCurrentControlSet, current control set number is 1.
> 2006-12-18 00:28:38, Info [0x0803df] MIG Adding direct mapping from
> HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet to <unknown registry key>\ControlSet001 (R/W)
> 2006-12-18 00:28:38, Warning [0x0803d8] MIG DirectKeyMapper:
> RegOpenKeyEx(<unknown registry key>,ControlSet001,R/W) failed (2)
> 2006-12-18 00:28:38, Warning [0x0803de] MIG Failed to unload hive at
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\$DEST$SAM (error 1314)
> 2006-12-18 00:28:38, Warning MIG Failed to close keymapper
> 'SAM': error 1314
> 2006-12-18 00:28:38, Warning [0x0803de] MIG Failed to unload hive at
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\$DEST$SAM (error 1314)
> 2006-12-18 00:28:38, Warning [0x0803de] MIG Failed to unload hive at
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\$DEST$SECURITY (error 1314)
> 2006-12-18 00:28:38, Warning MIG Failed to close keymapper
> 'SECURITY': error 1314
> 2006-12-18 00:28:38, Warning [0x0803de] MIG Failed to unload hive at
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\$DEST$SECURITY (error 1314)
> 2006-12-18 00:28:38, Warning [0x0803de] MIG Failed to unload hive at
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\$DEST$SOFTWARE (error 1314)
> 2006-12-18 00:28:38, Warning MIG Failed to close keymapper
> 'SOFTWARE': error 1314
> 2006-12-18 00:28:38, Warning [0x0803de] MIG Failed to unload hive at
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\$DEST$SOFTWARE (error 1314)
> 2006-12-18 00:28:38, Warning [0x0803de] MIG Failed to unload hive at
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\$DEST$SYSTEM (error 1314)
> 2006-12-18 00:28:38, Warning MIG Failed to close keymapper
> 'SYSTEM': error 1314
> 2006-12-18 00:28:38, Warning [0x0803de] MIG Failed to unload hive at
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\$DEST$SYSTEM (error 1314)
> 2006-12-18 00:28:38, Warning [0x0803de] MIG Failed to unload hive at
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\$DEST$USERDIFF (error 1314)
> 2006-12-18 00:28:38, Warning MIG Failed to close keymapper
> 'HKR': error 1314
> 2006-12-18 00:28:38, Warning [0x0803de] MIG Failed to unload hive at
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\$DEST$USERDIFF (error 1314)
> 2006-12-18 00:28:38, Warning [0x0803de] MIG Failed to unload hive at
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\$DEST$DEFAULT (error 1314)
> 2006-12-18 00:28:38, Warning MIG Failed to close keymapper
> '.DEFAULT': error 1314
> 2006-12-18 00:28:38, Warning [0x0803de] MIG Failed to unload hive at
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\$DEST$DEFAULT (error 1314)
> 2006-12-18 00:28:38, Error [0x0802fb] MIG MigStartUpOffline caught
> exception: class Mig::Win32ErrorException: Win32ErrorException: Error(2),
> CDirectKeyMapper could not open the requested subkey ControlSet001.
> __thiscall Mig::CDirectKeyMapper::CDirectKeyMapper(struct HKEY__ *,class
> UnBCL::String *,int)
>
> 2006-12-18 00:28:38, Info Leaving MigStartUpOffline
> method
> 2006-12-18 00:28:38, Info MIG Migrate: migration
> operation failed (MigResult=4)
> 2006-12-18 00:28:38, Info [0x08008c] MIG Migrate: Shutting down
> with cleanup..., gle:0
> 2006-12-18 00:28:38, Info MIG MigShutDown returning
> immediately, since the facade is not initialized
> 2006-12-18 00:28:38, Info [0x08008d] MIG Migrate : Finished (0)
> 2006-12-18 00:28:38, Warning [0x0800ca] MIG Callback_GatherWinPE:
> Migrating from (X:\WINDOWS) to (X:\$UPGRADE.~OS\OfflineUpgradeStore) did not
> finish successfully!
> 2006-12-18 00:28:38, Info MIG PublishCriticalError:
> Windows installation encountered an error and cannot continue. Your computer
> will now restart, and your previous version of Windows will be restored.
> 2006-12-18 00:28:38, Info [0x0a013d] UI Accepting Cancel. Exiting
> Page Progress.
> 2006-12-18 00:28:38, Info UI Entering Page Cancel.
> 2006-12-18 00:28:38, Info UI Page with ID 112 returned
> 0 for CanPageBeActivated with choice 0
> 2006-12-18 00:28:38, Info UI Page with ID 112 returned
> 0 for CanPageBeActivated with choice 0
> 2006-12-18 00:28:38, Info [0x0a011c] UI WizardDialogPost::SetActive
> ================================================== ===
>
> The entries:
>
> 2006-12-18 00:28:38, Info [0x0803df] MIG Adding direct mapping from
> HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet to <unknown registry key>\ControlSet001 (R/W)
> 2006-12-18 00:28:38, Warning [0x0803d8] MIG DirectKeyMapper:
> RegOpenKeyEx(<unknown registry key>,ControlSet001,R/W) failed (2)
>
> seem to point towards the installer trying to read a registry entry called
> "<unknown registry key>\ControlSet001 " and failing. I have no idea how to
> get past this. Will appreciate any help.
>
> Thanks