Vista - upgrade vista x64 from OEM home to ultimate from MSDN Subscription

When I attempt to upgrade I get a message saying that I have to do a clean
install (because it doesn't recognize the x64 Home Edition?). After the clean
install, I have a Windows folder that contains the drivers folder but the
drivers aren't correctly tied to the devices and the PC doesn't work
properly. I snapped some screenshots and restored the PC to ship condition,
looked in the device manager and I have no idea how to identify the drivers
and the devices that weren't auto matched.

I'd love to upgrade, but I'm having some troubs. Anyone know a way to get
the Vista x64 DVD to let me do an in place upgrade on my OEM Home Edition
from HP (the laptop is a d7vt or something like that).

"gswitz" <gswitz2000-groups@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news1CF3E90-3C47-4396-91F5-DDA45DFF0F50@xxxxxxI don't think that it can be done. I think that the MSDN version is the
same as the
retail version. OEM and retail are not compatible.

The upgrade function described in this link doesn't work for me. It tells me
I have to do a clean install. It is not recognizing my OEM Home 64 as 64 for
some reason. There is no question that my OEM Home 64 bit edition is the 64
bit edition.

http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase...rade_clean.asp

Thanks,

Geoff

Thanks, Mick.

It did not come with a CD of drivers. It came with a solid state backup
drive. It had the ability to create 3 recovery DVDs (which I luckily did
before attempting b/c otherwise I would not have been able to restore).

Again, after restoring, I have access to all the drivers, its just that I
will not know which drivers go with which devices.

In the device manager, there are three items named "Base System Device"
1 named network controller
1 named SM Bus Controller

All of these have the yellow question marks after the clean build of Windows
Vista. I know the drivers files are in the backed up windows\drivers folder,
but neither Windows nor I can find the correct drivers for the devices,
either in the folder or on the internet. Hmmm.

This doesn't work, Paul, but thanks for asking explicitly. I did it again
just to be sure.

I suppose the only variable I haven't tried changing so far is not checking
the box to let Microsoft benefit from my experience with the installer. I'll
do that now...

Nope... No variation of values in the install wizard get me to the
possibility of the upgrade.

I should mention that I'm using the MSDN DVD that has like all the Vista
versions on it. Perhaps that is my problem. Perhaps, if I download and burn a
copy of just Universal x64 then the upgrade will work. I'll let you know.

Thanks again,

Geoff

True. And it is not possible to get an MSDN disk that only holds one of the
versions, so the multiple versions on the same disk are not the reason that I
cannot upgrade my OS.

I have successfully upgraded doing a clean install and recovering drivers
from the manufacturers website. Apparently, I void my warrenty in so doing,
but... Oh well. Thanks for your help you guys!