See this link from my website:
http://vistasupport.mvps.org/repair_..._vista_dvd.htm
Pay particular attention to the 'important update' paragraph at the top of
the page.
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"barrowhill" <barrowhill@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:
> In wanting to do a repair install (keeping existing programs etc), on
> running
> Recovery CD, I get the message............
>
> "Upgrade has been disabled vand cannot be started. To upgrade, cancel the
> installation and then choose to upgrade to a version of windows that is
> more
> recent than the versiopn you are currently running"
>
> I'm running Vista Home Premium (fully updated) but suspecting that I may
> have a problem, I thought I could do a repair install but it seems all I
> can
> do is either a clean install and thus lose everything or upgrade to I
> assume
> Business or Ultimate Editions of Vista. Why can't I do a repair install
> from
> Vista Recovery CD????