Setup failed

[Ext User(Frogman)]

After nearly 2 hours,
Windows 7 setup can't continue windows will re start and restore you
previous installation.

The upgrade was not successful your previous version of windows is
being restored

Any ideas folks please??

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[Ext User(Geordie)]

On Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:09:25 GMT, Frogman <uk_frogman@bigfoot.com>
compiled the following:

>After nearly 2 hours,
>Windows 7 setup can't continue windows will re start and restore you
>previous installation.
>
>The upgrade was not successful your previous version of windows is
>being restored
>
>Any ideas folks please??

Are all your drivers up to date? This includes the motherboard too.
Apparently it can stop if it detects that it can't install the correct
drivers.
I have been trying to follow some of this in the MS answer forums
using their beta NNTPbridge programme. This allows you to get the
posts into your newsreader rather than using the web browser.
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[Ext User(Frogman)]

Geordie has brought this to us :
> Are all your drivers up to date? This includes the motherboard too.
> Apparently it can stop if it detects that it can't install the correct
> drivers.

Thanks Geordie, I will check on that.

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Regards,
Frogman,

You tried, and you failed, so the lesson is, never to try.

[Ext User(philo)]

Frogman wrote:
> After nearly 2 hours,
> Windows 7 setup can't continue windows will re start and restore you
> previous installation.
>
> The upgrade was not successful your previous version of windows is being
> restored
>
> Any ideas folks please??
>



You will be best off performing a clean install...

upgrades are very often problematic

[Ext User(Ed Mc)]

Frogman wrote:
> After nearly 2 hours,
> Windows 7 setup can't continue windows will re start and restore you
> previous installation.
>
> The upgrade was not successful your previous version of windows is being
> restored
>
> Any ideas folks please??
>
Maybe this page can help...>
<http://www.winsupersite.com/win7/clean_install_upgrade_media.asp>

[Ext User(Frogman)]

philo presented the following explanation :
> You will be best off performing a clean install...
>
> upgrades are very often problematic

Thanks it looks like I am going to have to do that as I just tried the
upgrade again and it failed.

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Frogman,

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Most experience comes from bad judgement.

[Ext User(Frogman)]

On Sunday 15/11/2009 Ed Mc croaked the following :
> Maybe this page can help...>
> <http://www.winsupersite.com/win7/clean_install_upgrade_media.asp>

Very useful thanks.

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Frogman,

If you think you're not confused, you're just not thinking too clearly

[Ext User(philo)]

Frogman wrote:
> philo presented the following explanation :
>> You will be best off performing a clean install...
>>
>> upgrades are very often problematic
>
> Thanks it looks like I am going to have to do that as I just tried the
> upgrade again and it failed.
>


OK

be sure to back up all your data

and confirm your backup is good

just copying all your stuff to an external drive should do it...
I would recommend against using any specific backup software