Can't upgrade from business to ultimate santiclaws 10/26/2008 4:15:00 AM I have a retail disc which I got a while ago after I already had Vista Business installed on my machine. I tried upgrading a while back, but the installation would go through the entire process and then fail to boot into windows at the very end. I gave up, and then just tried again hoping SP1 fixed the problem. Now, when I try to install, it does not even give me the option to upgrade, only to do a clean install with a message to the effect that the disk version is older than the one I have and so the upgrade option is disabled. Is there anything I can do, short of uninstalling SP1 and hoping that it works this time? Thanks

Re: Can't upgrade from business to ultimate Norman <nraddick[ at ]SPAMgmail.com> 10/26/2008 5:55:20 AM On Sat, 25 Oct 2008 21:15:00 -0700, santiclaws <santiclaws[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] >I have a retail disc which I got a while ago after I already had Vista >Business installed on my machine. I tried upgrading a while back, but the >installation would go through the entire process and then fail to boot into >windows at the very end. > >I gave up, and then just tried again hoping SP1 fixed the problem. Now, when >I try to install, it does not even give me the option to upgrade, only to do >a clean install with a message to the effect that the disk version is older >than the one I have and so the upgrade option is disabled. Is there anything >I can do, short of uninstalling SP1 and hoping that it works this time? I'm afraid not. -- Norman If people concentrated on the really important things of life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles. Doug Larson

Re: Can't upgrade from business to ultimate "Rick Rogers" <rick[ at ]mvps.org> 10/26/2008 12:43:13 PM Hi, Nope, you'd have to uninstall SP1 first to use it for an upgrade. The service pack level of the disk has to be at the same or higher level than the target installation. -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Windows help - www.rickrogers.org My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com "santiclaws" <santiclaws[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:6A97EFBE-1CF1-4A0D-B8E7-4E7BD8B6577F[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] >I have a retail disc which I got a while ago after I already had Vista > Business installed on my machine. I tried upgrading a while back, but the > installation would go through the entire process and then fail to boot > into > windows at the very end. > > I gave up, and then just tried again hoping SP1 fixed the problem. Now, > when > I try to install, it does not even give me the option to upgrade, only to > do > a clean install with a message to the effect that the disk version is > older > than the one I have and so the upgrade option is disabled. Is there > anything > I can do, short of uninstalling SP1 and hoping that it works this time? > > Thanks

Re: Can't upgrade from business to ultimate "Kerry Brown" <kerry[ at ]kdbNOSPAMsys-tems.c*a*m> 10/26/2008 3:22:28 PM "santiclaws" <santiclaws[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:6A97EFBE-1CF1-4A0D-B8E7-4E7BD8B6577F[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] >I have a retail disc which I got a while ago after I already had Vista > Business installed on my machine. I tried upgrading a while back, but the > installation would go through the entire process and then fail to boot > into > windows at the very end. > > I gave up, and then just tried again hoping SP1 fixed the problem. Now, > when > I try to install, it does not even give me the option to upgrade, only to > do > a clean install with a message to the effect that the disk version is > older > than the one I have and so the upgrade option is disabled. Is there > anything > I can do, short of uninstalling SP1 and hoping that it works this time? > > Thanks Is this a Toshiba laptop that came with Vista Business? I've seen this problem. It was caused by the non-standard Toshiba boot sector used for the Toshiba factory restore procedure. I had to replace the Toshiba boot sector with a standard Vista boot sector. This won't fix the service pack issue. You would have to uninstall SP1 before you could upgrade from your pre-SP1 DVD. Replacing the boot sector also breaks the factory restore process. Make sure you have an image of the whole drive including the boot sector and the factory restore partition before you do this. -- Kerry Brown MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/ http://vistahelpca.blogspot.com/