Tryin to upgrade - winload.exe

[Hendy90]

Hello,
First off, forgive me if this has been posted before, I’ve been through so many forums looking for help I can’t keep track.
I started my journey Saturday night with Windows 7 RC, after a long journey of audio problems I decided it was time to throw in the towel.
I inserted my Vista 64 bit CD and was greeted with the winload.exe error.
After tinkering around with several methods including /bootrec and other command lines I realized I was getting nowhere.
So I tried my vista 32 bit CD and it installed fully. Now I’m attempting an upgrade from 32bit to 64 bit and am getting the same error. I know for a fact nothing is wrong with my winload.exe since I’ve formatted and reinstalled the OS several times on a clean harddrive

I’m at the end of my rope with ideas for what to do next. Please I would really appreciate some help.

HP Pavilion a1600n
nVidia 8800GT
Sound Blaster X-fi SB0460
Dual Core 64 bit processor 3800+
4 gig of ram

 

[SIW2]

Hi Hendy,

Not sure what you are trying to do.

You can't Upgrade 32 to 64 bit. It can only be done as a clean install - booting from the dvd is the usual way.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/117366-clean-install-full-version-vista.html

If you have an "upgrade" dvd, you can still clean install, like this:

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/68767-clean-install-upgrade-vista.html

Hope it helps.

 

[Hendy90]

Well, I'm familiar with the update/upgrade process. But you see, when I insert my 64 bit iso (yes its burned I lost the original) I get the winload.exe so my question is. Is it the cd? Or by some higher power is my computer unable to recognize the image?