{"id":2549,"date":"2009-05-08T08:41:29","date_gmt":"2009-05-08T12:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/?p=2549"},"modified":"2009-05-30T18:35:22","modified_gmt":"2009-05-30T22:35:22","slug":"upgrading-from-vista-to-the-windows-7-release-candidate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2009\/05\/08\/upgrading-from-vista-to-the-windows-7-release-candidate\/","title":{"rendered":"Upgrading from Vista to the Windows 7 Release Candidate"},"content":{"rendered":"

So last night I decided to take the plunge and upgrade to the Windows 7 Release Candidate. The word on the street (well, web) seemed to say that it was very stable (as you\u2019d expect from a release candidate), and it\u2019d be good for a year (plenty of time for my plan to upgrade my computer & then buy the 64-bit version of Windows 7 when it comes out). Plus, as a developer, it\u2019s nice to have the \u201clatest & greatest\u201d for a variety of reasons \u2013 not the least of which is being able to test your software on a new operating system to see if it works!<\/p>\n

So, I double-checked my Mozy backups to make sure they were current & up-to-date, did some last minute downloads of software in case I needed it right after the upgrade, uninstalled a few programs that I\u2019d been told by the upgrade advisor were potential problems, and then I put in the DVD and clicked \u201cInstall.\u201d<\/p>\n

After spending some time churning away \u201canalyzing\u201d something or other, I finished the initial questions and the installation proper began. Based on my experiences from upgrading from XP to Vista, I knew this would take a while \u2013 as in, a LONG while. So I turned off my monitor and let the computer churn for a few hours.<\/p>\n

Surprisingly, it didn\u2019t take as long as my XP to Vista upgrade did. After about 4 hours I came in to check on it, and caught it rebooting \u2013 and I was excited to see that shiny new Windows 7 boot screen (with the glowing Windows logo). Certainly, it seemed as though the installation (sorry, upgrade) was proceeding nicely. After the boot screen, setup appeared again, and I saw that I was on the last step (out of 5 steps), with the progress bar at the bottom of the screen about 3\/4 of the way across. I figured it\u2019d be done before I went to bed that night.<\/p>\n

Well, turns out, it was done before I went to bed \u2013 but not in the way I\u2019d imagined.<\/p>\n

I came in about an hour later and I could immediately hear that the hard drive wasn\u2019t churning away. \u201cExcellent,\u201d I thought, \u201cit must be done!\u201d So I turned on my monitor\u2026 only to be greeted by my usual Vista desktop, and a message box letting me know that the upgrade could not be completed, and suggesting I visit Microsoft\u2019s website to find out why. Fortunately, the setup was kind enough to restore my system to exactly the way it was before the upgrade began, instead of leaving my computer in a half-upgraded state. (I was actually quite surprised it managed to pull this off, given how close it was to being \u201cdone.\u201d)<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, I have no idea if there\u2019s a log or something to tell me why<\/em> the upgrade couldn\u2019t be completed \u2013 although I can guess. (The fact that my user profile is directory-junctioned to a 2nd hard drive probably has something to do with it.) I can only hope that some of the data about my upgrade experience was sent back to Microsoft, so they can learn from it and improve the upgrade process.<\/p>\n

So it looks like I\u2019m stuck where I am until later this year, when I upgrade my PC to a 64-bit processor \u2013 which will require a clean install of a 64-bit version of Windows anyway.<\/p>\n

BUMMER!<\/strong><\/p>\n

UPDATE: <\/strong>I tried to upgrade again<\/a> – turns out the directory junction wasn’t the problem, though, because the upgrade failed – AGAIN. Anyone know how to find out why an upgrade failed – what log file to look in, for example? Because I’m stumped!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My attempt at upgrading from Vista to Windows 7 RC ends in disappointment – I blame directory junctions for the problem. Guess I have to wait until I make the switch to 64-bit to get Windows 7 goodness on my computer!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"webmentions_disabled_pings":false,"webmentions_disabled":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[199,201],"tags":[145,62,24],"class_list":["post-2549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-my-opinion","category-software-technology","tag-computer","tag-microsoft","tag-windows","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pimUj-F7","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2581,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2009\/05\/30\/trying-to-upgrade-from-vista-to-windows-7-take-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":2549,"position":0},"title":"Trying to Upgrade from Vista to Windows 7 \u2013 Take 2","author":"Keith Survell","date":"May 30, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"My second attempt to upgrade from Vista to the Windows 7 Release Candidate ends in failure - again. 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