Ultimate upgrade in Vista 64

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jpefley

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Ok I'll try and make this short. I originally purchased Vista Home premium 32 bit upgrade waaaaaayyyy back when. I then purchased an update to ultimate online. Then I decided to order the 64 bit dvd's from Microsoft and this is where the fun began. With home premium the ultimate upgrade i purchased installs fine no problems. I install x64 vista (home premium) and it works fine but... I cannot upgrade it to ultimate .IT makes it about 75% then chokes and says something could not be upgraded. I have tried stripping the system to just a video card and a hd nothing helps. Does anyone know a way i can use the upgrade i payed way too much for? And before you ask i have the 64 bit upgrade dvd.

System
Asus Formula Mb
Intel 2.6 gig duo
4 Gig ddr2 667
sb XI-Fi Fatality
Hauppauge 1600 tuner
Nvidia 8800gt 512 meg
2 asus dvd burners
assundry hard drives all sata as well as the dvd burners

color me lost
 

My Computer

System One

My Computers

System One System Two

  • Operating System
    Vista
    CPU
    Intel E8400
    Motherboard
    ASRock1333-GLAN R2.0
    Memory
    4gb DDR2 800
    Graphics Card(s)
    nvidia 9500GT 1gb
  • Operating System
    win7/vista
    CPU
    intel i5-8400
    Motherboard
    gigabyte b365m ds3h
    Memory
    ballistix 2x8gb 3200

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    home assembled
    CPU
    Intel Q9450 quad core
    Motherboard
    Asus P5Q Pro, Intel P45 chipset
    Memory
    4GB : 2 x 2GB G.Skill DDR2 800MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gigabyte 9600GT
    Sound Card
    Realtek onboard the mobo
    Monitor(s) Displays
    BenQ 24"
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1200
    Hard Drives
    2 of Samsung HD501LJ SATA2 500GB
    and a few IDE hard disks on USB for backups
    PSU
    Corsair TX-650 and APC UPS
    Case
    Antec P180
    Cooling
    OCZ Vendetta2
Yes, you could try what Oldbloke suggests - on a second partition - if it works, you can then do it again, i.e. the "double install " as per the tutorial onto the primary partition.

Format the second partition during this to get rid of the instance of Vista you installed there.

SIW2

Does mean backing up your data and drivers first, of course.
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • Operating System
    Vista
    CPU
    Intel E8400
    Motherboard
    ASRock1333-GLAN R2.0
    Memory
    4gb DDR2 800
    Graphics Card(s)
    nvidia 9500GT 1gb
  • Operating System
    win7/vista
    CPU
    intel i5-8400
    Motherboard
    gigabyte b365m ds3h
    Memory
    ballistix 2x8gb 3200
Good job seems the dvd i received from microsoft had a layer of grunge around the upper lip. Reinstalled and it completed notes!!

Heres an install script that cannot detect media defects! from the institution who made us aware of them..... Unforgivable

When the upgrade completed it totally bel windows one care's mind .... Hmmmm do you have any idea of how these things interact?

Color me unimpresed for the money i have doled out to microsoft over the years i expect better and to add to it a 3 hour plus upgrade time..jeezus peeps get on the bandwagon.. Evidently you have no clue

Again thank you for your help although i would have expected the program to tell me it had a media defect.. But ..... oh well
 

My Computer

System One

Hi jpefley,

Glad to be of help and pleased it's working for you.

SIW2
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • Operating System
    Vista
    CPU
    Intel E8400
    Motherboard
    ASRock1333-GLAN R2.0
    Memory
    4gb DDR2 800
    Graphics Card(s)
    nvidia 9500GT 1gb
  • Operating System
    win7/vista
    CPU
    intel i5-8400
    Motherboard
    gigabyte b365m ds3h
    Memory
    ballistix 2x8gb 3200
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