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Answer» Quote from: JJ 3000 on May 09, 2010, 11:01:21 PM Does the box that the disk came in say say "upgrade" on it? these three points are not relevant- since you cannot perform an upgrade install of Windows 7 on XP. The CPU & RAM question is valid though. Quote I'd let it sit at that screen for a few hours before I gave up.I wouldn't. my Windows 7 install took about 20 minutes for the entire operation; 45 minutes on a single, early step is almost certainly a hang. Quote from: Kando on May 09, 2010, 10:33:35 PM The .MIG file was created on the computer that I am having the problems with. If we try to reinstall 7 and it does not work the client will probably want to go back to XP. Therefore I need to know if there is another way to import/access the information and get it reloaded into XP.I already answered this. the same way you made the Mig file, with the settings transfer program. If you used the XP builtin program then you can "extract" the files with the same program. Quote Since I am having problems with just INSTALLING by the numbers I don't think that forcing the dvd to do anything is what I want to try. After a couple of DOZEN successes, maybe, but not now.the only issue you've hit so far is the fact that setup seems to hang. the fact that you can't do anything else is because your system is configured to only boot from the hard drive, so you cannot boot from the DVD. The box says upgrade, which means clean install if using XP which we were. There is 1gb of ram and the cpu is 2.4GHz single core. The package had disks for 32bit and 64bit, we used the 32bit. Sitting for a few hours might be ok if I was not being paid by the hour or if it was my personal machine. The boot process sounds very reasonable, and that will be the first thing I check when I return. I still would not feel comfortable playing around with the disk until there were more successful install under my belt.Goto to your trusted local computer shop. They will charge less than $100.00. The savings in time is well worth $100.00. Good LuckSUCCESS!! Yeah, turns out it was the boot order that was messing with me. Still don't know what hung it up last time. Changed the boot order to cd first and all is now well. Of course there were bumps in the road, had to delete the Windows.old file to make room and took another hour to restore the data, and another hour to install random programs BUT IT IS FINISHED. Thanks for all the help KandoSo, all was supposedly well, until he tried to listen to some music. There was no sound and there was a message saying that there was no audio device attached. The speakers were working before the INSTALLATION and they remained plugged in. I figured it was the UAA and told him to RUN Windows update in the hope that it would install under the Optional Software. The sound still does not work after Windows update, and I am heading back there this Saturday. These are simple, 2.1 powered speakers, nothing complicated. Any ideas on this one? ThanksDrivers... Don't trust the Windows ones to work always. Travel to the manuf. site... Just to catch up on this, turns out that the sound card itself is the problem. Installed the UAA, installed a Dell fix, installed drivers from the manufacturer's site for Vista and 7 and after all that there is still no sound. Apparently this card just refuses to work with Windows 7. I am sending the user a list of cards that work with 7.I don't know of a single sound card in existence that uses the UAA driver- it's use is limited to the host based processing "audio codec" on board sound.Yeah, tried it all just in case. Can I just ask what Kando's hourly rate is please?Different schools of thought were clashing in this thread. On one hand, Kando was asking for assistance with utilizing the means to the end, not to the end itself. On the other hand, as I was told in tech school: "There's the real world way, and there's the Microsoft way." Yes, it's cleaner to simply back up the existing data (preferably by cloning--Acronis or Ghost), wipe the drive, install the new OS from scratch, and restore (extract relevant data from the clone--Ghost Explorer or Acronis' equivalent). Kando decided to go the "upgrade" route (yes, it's not a true "upgrade install," but the purpose is still the same--it's a "shortcut"). Bottom line: he was asking for help with the route he was going down. It's not a "bad" route--just uncomfortable for those with experience that have learned (sometimes the hard way) that it's better to do a clean install than use an upgrade or upgrade-like route. ...and since it turned out that the problem Kando ran into (boot order) would have happened regardless of how he did the install (unless it's by some unattended method from a network share), all that bickering about how he was going about it was for naught. Quote from: killerb255 on May 26, 2010, 01:50:31 PM
Looking over the posts... The main focus of nearly every one was fixing the boot order. After a page and a half of coaxing, they finally did. Either way, if their original attempt at installing hadn't failed, the boot order would have been irrelevant- (AFAIK) performing a clean install from within an OS doesn't reboot to the Disc anyways. Since that original attempt at installing 7 from within XP met with a hang, however, the only course of action was a completely clean install by booting from the disc. Thus the repeated appeals to change the boot order. (which eventually were answered ). Quote from: Kando on May 25, 2010, 08:24:17 PM Just to catch up on this, turns out that the sound card itself is the problem. Brand/Model? Hi, it is a Creative Soundblaster Live! card.there's a good ten to choose from here: http://support.creative.com/Products/product_list.aspx?catID=1&CatName=Sound+Blaster# Quote from: Kando on May 25, 2010, 08:24:17 PM Installed the UAA, installed a Dell fix, installed drivers from the manufacturer's site for Vista and 7 and after all that there is still no sound. The owner will be buying a new card and all will be well, it is the best answer for this situation. |
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