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87thrteam   05-01-2009 at 08:01:17 PM

Hey, I've got Vista 32bit home premium and I just got a hold of Win 7 7100 64-bit. I can't open the setup installer while on windows vista home premium and i burnt it on a dvd and it wont boot. I used infrarecord to burn the dvd. When I log on to vista i see a windows box with a cd in my dvd drive but when i click it i get an error

"This installation disc isn't compatible with your version of Windows. To upgrade, you need the correct installation disc. For more information, check your computer's system information. To install a new copy of windows, restart (boot) your computer using the installation disc, and then select Custom (advanced)."

What should I do?


Message edited by 87thrteam on 05-01-2009 at 08:02:47 PM
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pinaplex   05-01-2009 at 08:09:32 PM
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you cannot upgrade a 32bit OS to a 64bit one, you will have to do a clean install.

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87thrteam   05-01-2009 at 08:16:55 PM
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How, I cant even open it on vista and it wont boot even after i set the cdrom to boot first...gives me an error...forgot what it was

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marcellis22   05-01-2009 at 08:18:04 PM
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And you can't setup a 64 bit virtual machine on a 32 bit OS foundation...

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87thrteam   05-01-2009 at 08:22:52 PM
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I even disconected the hdd, powered the pc so it can only boot to the dvd and i got an error...grrrrr

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Bigdog100   05-01-2009 at 08:28:04 PM
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87thrteam wrote :

How, I cant even open it on vista and it wont boot even after i set the cdrom to boot first...gives me an error...forgot what it was




What interface is you CRrom, IDE or SATA? Maybe your bios won't load drivers for SATA at boot up. Also is the error your getting somthing like

YO YO


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Bigdog100   05-01-2009 at 08:42:52 PM
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87thrteam wrote :

its sata



I also had the same problem. You need a ide CDrom interface. Your bios will see that at boot up. Maybe you have an old IDE CDrom laying around.


Message edited by Bigdog100 on 05-01-2009 at 09:04:38 PM
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marcellis22   05-01-2009 at 08:43:31 PM
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Either whatever you downloaded or the way you burned it to disk is wrong... Did you download an ISO or a complete disk image? You might make sure the WAREZ site you use is legit!

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87thrteam   05-01-2009 at 09:28:44 PM
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it was mini nova with over 1.4k seeders...and im not sure if it was an iso or not but it is exactly the same as when i downloaded win 7 ver 7000 from microsoft.com

Items in the rar
F as in folder
F boot
F efi
F sources
F support
F upgrade
autorun
bootmgr
bootmgr.exe
setup

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87thrteam   05-01-2009 at 09:36:53 PM
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http://www.mininova.org/tor/2521354 thats the link where i got it

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Rogue77777   05-01-2009 at 09:49:51 PM
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Just wait a few more days and you can download it from MS. Also an iso will have an iso extension. :)

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87thrteam   05-01-2009 at 10:00:32 PM
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...yeah should wait a bit comes out on the 5th

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daveclark   05-08-2009 at 03:32:06 PM
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Had the same problem.
burned with nero iso
started computer and no boot disk detected

installed a DVD rom with IDE interface
First time I boot with windows xp and go with explorer
could see all the files.
Did a reboot DVD start after 5 minutes got following error :

windows has encountered a problem communicating with a device
connected to your computer.

This error can be caused by unplugging a removable storage device such as
an external usb drive ....
nothing external is connected except my mouse keyboard and screen :fou:

Having here a second computer DELL precision 470 old workstation
with vista installed on it. Just the same error.

when vista is started
I start explorer > started setup of my DVD.
and here I reveived the error autorun.dll can not be loaded or is corrupt.
error code 0xE0000100

pffff dunno what to do

1st computer was a athlon 5000x2 2gb ram so normally it should work.

Is the DVD not burned ok??



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87thrteam   05-08-2009 at 06:34:58 PM
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Problem solved ^^

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daveclark   05-09-2009 at 10:07:19 AM
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Problem also solved
installed deamontools
started iso directly without burning on dvd (because this don't work)
and installation successfull

Must say pc I installed is dell precision 470
Intel Xeon 2800
1Gb Ram DDR400
160Gb Hd
and it works just perfect!

All hardware automatically detected
Quadro graphic card, Audio (that could not be installed in vista without some tricks)
Hauppage TV card even my Relisys 17" CRT monitor!
Just amazing
And everything works very smoothly! 20% faster then vista certainly!

Graphic interface has been reduced and the whole aero has been changed.
Must say first time I'm happy with the new microsoft stuf.

congrats BILL


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j0nnylaw   09-16-2009 at 09:07:22 AM
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getting the same "your installation disc isnt compatible" warning running vista 32 trying to do a windows 7 professional 64 bit install from a mounted iso using deamontools, using an acer 1410, dont have an optical drive.....any ideas....(preferably without getting a 4Gig usb drive)

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Bronze Win 7 badge Scotteq   09-16-2009 at 03:33:24 PM
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j0nnylaw wrote :

getting the same "your installation disc isnt compatible" warning running vista 32 trying to do a windows 7 professional 64 bit install from a mounted iso using deamontools, using an acer 1410, dont have an optical drive.....any ideas....(preferably without getting a 4Gig usb drive)



Your problem is you are trying to install a 64 bit version on top of a 32 bit one. The message you are getting is absolutely correct: The versions are incompatible, and it is not possible to do an in place upgrade. You must boot to your install media and do a clean install.

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win7newbie   09-23-2009 at 01:12:55 PM
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[quotemsg=2449,16,423623]Problem also solved
installed deamontools
started iso directly without burning on dvd (because this don't work)
and installation successfull

Dave,

How did u start iso directly? could you be more specific? (I also installed daemon tools).

thanks

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Anonymous   10-28-2009 at 09:35:25 PM
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I am going through this right now and to overcome this problem, use PCMover Upgrade Assistant by Laplink. Then when the procedure tells you to install windows, place the 64bit installation CD in the drive, reboot, make sure you have the CD set as the first boot device in the BIOS, when prompted during the install, select "custom", then let it install, then go back to the PCMover instructions.

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