Mark/John,
Thanks for feedback. Explains it all. Most Grateful.
"barrowhill" wrote:
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????