Hi all.
I am in the process of ugrading to Vista. I ran 'The advisor' several times as I had minor comapatibility issues with some of my software (a DVD ram Driver) which I un-installed. I re-ran the advisor and all said ok. I started the process with the upgrade dvd for vista home premium. It said my PC would restart several times during this process. This is where my problems started. When it restarted it would get as far as the loading meter screen, then shut down and restart to the same point. It done this many times before another screen came up asking me to start in safe mode. When I done this, it started in safe maode, but then said Windows can't complete setup in safe mode, please restart computer. Back to square one. I have gone over this many times with no luck. I was running XP home. If it helps my PC is an AMD Athlon 64 3800+, 35gig free on C drive, 3gig ram, ATI Radeon 4850 512m video, Thermaltake Toughpower 750 power. I think the problem may be I have a 64 bit processor and installing 32bit windows? If this is the case, surely the advisor would have picked this up. From my understanding the processor I have curently will run in both 32bit and 64bit situations, or at least that is my understanding from the AMD website. I have a 4800+ Dual Core processor to put in too, but not until Vista is running. Any advice would be appreciated as I want to do this without resorting to fresh install. The Microsoft website states clearly I can upgrade to Vista without the need for a fresh install.
Thanks in advance, Shelbyfan. If any more info is need let me know. Cheers.
I am in the process of ugrading to Vista. I ran 'The advisor' several times as I had minor comapatibility issues with some of my software (a DVD ram Driver) which I un-installed. I re-ran the advisor and all said ok. I started the process with the upgrade dvd for vista home premium. It said my PC would restart several times during this process. This is where my problems started. When it restarted it would get as far as the loading meter screen, then shut down and restart to the same point. It done this many times before another screen came up asking me to start in safe mode. When I done this, it started in safe maode, but then said Windows can't complete setup in safe mode, please restart computer. Back to square one. I have gone over this many times with no luck. I was running XP home. If it helps my PC is an AMD Athlon 64 3800+, 35gig free on C drive, 3gig ram, ATI Radeon 4850 512m video, Thermaltake Toughpower 750 power. I think the problem may be I have a 64 bit processor and installing 32bit windows? If this is the case, surely the advisor would have picked this up. From my understanding the processor I have curently will run in both 32bit and 64bit situations, or at least that is my understanding from the AMD website. I have a 4800+ Dual Core processor to put in too, but not until Vista is running. Any advice would be appreciated as I want to do this without resorting to fresh install. The Microsoft website states clearly I can upgrade to Vista without the need for a fresh install.
Thanks in advance, Shelbyfan. If any more info is need let me know. Cheers.
