You can only do an Upgrade through a dynamic desktop; that is with vista
running.
Have you tried tapping F8 at startup, and going into Safe mode?
"Marvin Hlavac" wrote:
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> Hello. Could someone please help:
>
> I think what caused my problem was a power interruption during installation
> of Windows update during shut down.
>
> * PC boots into a black screen (I see mouse pointer on a black background,
> but nothing else)
> * Restoring to previous state doesn't help
> * I booted with Vista DVD, but the "repair start-up" is not detecting any
> problem
> * PC hardware is not an issue because if I use a different hard drive in the
> PC, all works fine
>
> I though I would just boot with DVD and install (upgrade) Vista. However,
> the "Upgrade" option is disabled when booted from DVD. I can only "Clean
> install", which I'd rather not do (to preserve files, programs, etc). Is
> there a way for me to perform "Upgrade installation" of Vista in my
> situation?
>
> --
> Marvin Hlavac
> Laptop GPS World
> www.laptopgpsworld.com
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