How to Upgrade the Windows 7 RC to RTM (Final Release)
The final version of Windows 7 was released yesterday for MS Technet subscribers, but you can’t upgrade directly from a pre-release version—at least, not without a quick and easy workaround, and we’ve got you covered.
The Problem
Windows 7 checks whether or not the current version you are running is a pre-release copy, and prevents you from upgrading further. For reference purposes, this is the error you’ll see when you try and upgrade.
The Solution
The solution is to edit a file inside the Windows 7 DVD—which you’ll have to extract to the hard drive to proceed.
- If you are using an ISO image for the installation progress, you can use the awesome 7-Zip utility to extract the ISO to a folder on the drive.
- If you are using an actual DVD, you can simply copy all of the files from the DVD to a folder on your hard drive.
Once you’ve extract the files, browse down into the “sources” folder to find the cversion.ini file.
Once you’ve opened up the cversion.ini file, you’ll notice that the MinClient line has a value of 7233.0, and since the Windows 7 RC release is build 7100, you can understand why it’s not working.
All you need to do is change the MinClient value to something less than the current build you are using. For the RC release, you can change it to 7000.
Now you can simply launch the setup.exe file from within the folder, and do the upgrade directly from the hard drive. Once you’ve started the setup, click Install now.
Once you get to the type of installation screen, choose to Upgrade the existing install.
Once you reach the Compatibility Report screen (if it doesn’t show up at all, be happy about it), you’ll see the list of applications that probably won’t work once you upgrade. Realistically most of these apps will work just fine, but the important thing is that you’ll be able to upgrade.
Note: You could always smooth the upgrade process by removing any apps that have compatibility problems, before you do the upgrade.
At this point, the upgrade should start working, and will take a rather long time.
Important Notes
There are a few important things to keep in mind when you are upgrading to the final version:
- The Windows 7 beta or RC releases were Ultimate edition, so you’ll only be able to upgrade to the RTM (final) if you are installing Ultimate Edition.
- Whenever possible, you should really backup your files and do a clean install. There are less headaches this way, and you get the benefit of a nice clean profile.
Happy upgrading!
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If i downloaded and installed this RTM version, when it will expire?
@Amr
RTM is the final release. As long as you have a license key, it shouldn’t expire at all.
Otherwise, it’ll expire in 30 days, though you can extend the trial version:
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto.....-120-days/
I installed my language (MUI) in the RC. Did Microsoft published MUI for other languages for the RTM too??
Hi Geek,
If I have a Beta key (7100), it won’t expire? Or would it just expire in March 2010 (I think that’s when the Beta was supposed to expire)
Excellent Tip! =)
@Michael above:
If you only have a beta key, it will expire in March 2010.
It’s only if you have an RTM key that it won’t expire ever….
To modify the ISO permanently, consider seaching for the config entry with a hex editor. It saves you the time of extracting the ISO, and leaves you with the same result.
This is an EXCELLENT writeup. I know that many people have been wondering about doing a straight upgrade from RC to RTM. For about 2 months I was using the RC then did a clean upgrade to RTM and will never look back. Great info, I will refer people to this link that ask me.
From Ed Bott’s blog on ZDnet you can install any version of Windows 7 from the RC by using the same technique as before but editing different files.
“To unlock those other editions, you need to follow the same procedure as in the previous item, copying the files from the Windows 7 DVD to a local folder. Open the Sources folder, find the file Ei.cfg, and delete it.”
So if you want to use the RC for a while and don’t want to shell out for the Ultimate version when you buy it simply install the version you intend to buy later.
Full article link: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=922&page=5#s7
Mark
@WB3000 thanks for the tip, that worked well for me and was much easier and faster. If anyone wants to, you can find this value at offset 09AE0817.
Hi, I had Window 7 installed already, but doesn’t have the final version I think.
so I did your step, but the file wouldn’t allowed me to save to 7000. It completely return to my original version. What can I do?
[HostBuild]
MinClient=7077.0
MinServer=7000.0
Just to make sure I’m following — is this intended to be done at the stage of upgrading Vista to 7, or after already installing the 7 RC? I get the impression it can be done at either stage, but I just want to make sure.
Looks good to me…
You only need to do this if your upgrading from Windows 7 RC to Windows 7 RTM, you don’t have to do this to upgrade from Vista!
Thanks for the info! So i did what was above, and had to switch the minclient to 6900 to be below the minserver which was at 7000. It went through a bunch of updates, but still tells me on the bottom right on the desktop that I am running Windows 7 evaluation copy build 7100. Does that mean that it didnt go to RTM?
Thanks for the info! So i did what was above, and had to switch the minclient to 6900 to be below the minserver which was at 7000. It went through a bunch of updates, but still tells me on the bottom right on the desktop that I am running Windows 7 evaluation copy build 7100. Does that mean that it didnt go to RTM?/
Hmm, I didn’t realize I couldn’t use my valid Windows 7 RC key on the RTM edition.
I guess I need to reformat? Or I can somehow “upgrade” back to version 7100 again?
another issue, if you have copied the files from the installation DVD, make sure the file is not “read only”…
Worked great with the technet Windows 7 RTM upgrading over 7 RC1
Thanks Geek, saved me alot of time
Does this work for updating the beta to the RC, too? Just curious!
I have the same problem as Michael, can someone please answer this question…thanks
@Nicholas, you can’t use a Windows 7 RC product key to activate Windows 7 RTM. You will need to get a new RTM product key from MSDN or TechNet where you got the official download of Windows 7 RTM.
Is this upgrade from RC to RTM done before or after activation of the RC? And how will I get an RTM key? Thanks…
Hello where can i get a RTM key?
Great tip – worked just fine thank you! But I do wonder why MS do not allow upgrade from the RC, just wonder if it will come back to bite me later.
@The Geek
What is the serial? Or else where can I get it?
I also changed 7077 to7000 and upgraded, and the result was the bottom right corner telling me that it is an evaluation copy. Any fix for this?
buy one?! nothing is for free….
The RTM key is a full license key. The RC1 key was a free “beta” key. you need to go buy it, or get ones from msdn.microsoft.com or technet.
No free “serial” unless you plan to p1r@t3 it.
This works, thanks a lot from Norway!
@Geek
What about the other way round? Is it possible to pretend your currently installed RC1 was an upgradable build? E.g. registry hack or whatever, so you don´t have to tweak those files on the DVD, but on your system.
cheers!
This did not work for me. I have a 100mb “System Reserved” partition and when Windows 7 does the upgrad it complains that it needs 15 mb free, then aborts. I show that partition only having 9mb of data. It appears I may have to do a clean install unless someone knows how to work with that system reserved partition?
I have the same issue as John. The 100mb “System Reserved” partition only has about 10mb of free space. I mounted the partition but don’t see where the 90mb is so there’s no chance to clean it up.
Wow… this seems so simple, you would think they would have made it somewhat harder to hack.
Will this still work if I try to upgrade from the RC to Win7 Professional?
Hi, will this work if my Windows 7 RC OS is on the same partition as all my other personal files?
Great write-up…I’m going to link it in my article which describes how to successfully upgrade from RC Ultimate to RTM Enterprise.
http://www.gmtaz.com/index.php.....nterprise/
FYI, you wont be able to update Ultimate to anything other than Ultimate, so you still might be screwed like me, since the copy of RTM i have access to is Enterprise!
Dosen’t Work For Me…
@Ian: Thanks. That was the offset for the x86 ISO, though. If anyone’s interested, the offset for the x64 ISO is 0B68B017.
So why cant we upgrade from RC to RTM? Sounds like MS wants their $100 extra for a full version… ughhh Win7 is nice but MS is still a pain.
And is this legal? I dont want to be doing something that can get me in trouble….
i cant change the cversion file becuase it doesnt let me save it.. what shall i do.
Chris, make sure the file is not read-only. If you extracted from a DVD you’ll have to turn off the read-only feature in the file’s properties.
I’m getting the following error:
“Windows was unable to create a required installation folder.
Error code:0×80070013″
I cannot edit the cversion.ini file. I do that and it asks me if I want to update the archive and I say yes. Then it says the file cannot be updated and shows the temp file location…. I downloaded a hex editor like someone said but I have no clue what to do with it…
Hi, I had Window 7 installed already, but doesn’t have the final version I think.
how to do. to hack for not expired the windows7
I am running the 32 bit version of 7200 evaluation. When Windows 7 is released in October, could I use this technique to upgrade to the 64 bit Ultimate version, or can you only go 32 bit to 32 bit, or 64 bit to 64 bit?
Thanks
Bryan
When will Windows 7 actually do something I can’t in Linux? Oh wait. It won’t. In fact, I can do lots in Linux that Windows 7 will never do. I’m not switching back just because idiots hype Windows up like this.
Will this upgrade from RC to RTM leave win7 activation till 2.3.2009 or will upgrade revert it to 30 days trial?
I tried this on the weekend and followed the instructions, after the initial prompt to go online. I was given another one later to update Windows 7. Also that the upgrade encounters errors with some versions of software, for me it was Nero so I had to uninstall. I did so then continued with the upgrade. But now I’m given a screen saying the upgrade was unsuccessful and my computer will restart. Now it just does that continuously.
sir i am not getting any option for upgrading instead i m getting 2 options ” go online to get the latest updates for installation (recommended) & another 1 is do not get latest updates for installation…can u plz help..? i m using build 7100..
Don’t think it worked for me. Went through the whole enchilada and it still reads, 7100 at the bottom.
Used the same 64 bit key for the RC since your article doesn’t say anything about getting a new RTM key.
(Here’s a cool ‘How To’ for you: Put the date on your articles)
I did the whole thing to from my RC Build 7100 to my Technet RTM release, running of the hard drive. Basically it wouldn’t accept my RTM leys and only wanted the RC keys which turns out to be because it still thinks the build is RC 7100 even after the run..
Help!!! I Really would like to use by RTM license without a full reinstall!!!!
I am so glad my Dad told me about “How to Geek”. It is a priority email I receive all the time. There are so many useful bits of info to be had and they all work, or at least the ones I have used. Keep up the good work everyone…don
u just saved me ‘ton of time and hassle…cheers mate’
i wounder how u figured that out hmm;)
Just pre ordered win 7 professional 64 bit. Question is:
Can I upgrade from vista 64 ultimate -> win7 pro 64 bit, and will it be a smooth upgrade or a clean install?
There is a stipulation on the upgrade, you are suppose to upgrade to a compatible version of Windows 7. Example, Vista Business to Windows 7 Professional(Business), Vista Home Premium to Windows 7 Home Premium. Upgrading Windows RC, which was Ultimate, should upgrade to Windows 7 Ultimate. You also have to upgrade from 32bit to 32 bit and 64bit to 64bit, you cannot cross upgrade 32 to 64 bit or 64 to 32bit.
However, there are sites that have found out how to unlock the version type, but you still are required to stay with the 32 to 32 or 64 to 64 bit.
Ed B, I haven’t tried it yet as my WIn7 Pro upgrade preorder hasn’t arrived, but apparently you CAN upgrade from Vista Ultimate to Win7 Pro, or other similar variations. The catch is that you have to perform a clean install.
I’m getting Win 7 Ultimate 64-bit today. I will try this procedure and see if it works. I’ll add another comment later on today with the results.
So I have RC1 installed and I did my duty and gave M$ my money for Windows 7 Home Premium. Am I to understand there is no way to “upgrade” this since the RC is Ultimate? Was Hoping there was and easier way than a full reinstall.
I bought a laptop off of Craigslist from a guy here in a town a couple weeks ago that had build 7100 on it. The guy works for a local ISP and told me that their company had bought a activation key for Win 7 for all the network guys to upgrade once it was released. He sent me the key in an email, and it looks like legit key but I have no idea how I can use it to upgrade the laptop, any ideas?
I’m not looking to do anything illegal but according to him it is a legitimately bought Win 7 key, he just didn’t need to use it for the laptop because he had bought a Mac- which is why he was selling the laptop in the first place.
Can I modify the file and burn everything to a disc to have a disc that will work?
With the final Windows 7 build (7600), I’m having tons of problems installing over the RC (build 7100). The upgrade freezes at a few points for hours at a time. I haven’t been able to get beyond 42% on the final step (it just sits there).
Hope others are having a better experience. At this point a clean install sounds like the only way to do this.
Do I need the full version or upgrade version from the Microsoft website to upgrade from RC ?
Tor
If I understand well, for one time Microsoft “offered” us a free Windows 7 evaluation copy, they screws us deeply by delivering only ‘free” Ultimate R.C versions then obliging us to upgrade to Ultimate final version only.
That’s not very fair because I was on Windows Xp before this “experience”. So, in March 2010, and perhaps before, I thing my upgrade will be from Windows 7 Ultimate R.C to… Linux ! with a neat Windows partition erasing.
Ok. I just installed Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit using the above mentioned procedure. It worked. However, there’s a screenshot that is missing in the procedure. After you get to the Install Now screen and click on it, you get another screen asking you to either Go online to get updates or Don’t go online to get updates. Click on the second option( you can update Win 7 after you successfully upgrade first) and you’ll get to the screen where you can select Upgrade or Custom (advanced) installation. Select Upgrade and let it fly for about 30-45 minutes.
After your installation is complete, you’ll be asked to enter a product key. Enter the product key on your Upgrade Win 7 DVD sleeve, NOT the product key Microsoft gave you for your Win 7 Ultimate RC.
Activate your Win 7 online and you’ll be good to go.
I bought the windows 7 home premium 3 computer upgrade on the release date, just got around to installing it on my media center computer tonight, which was running Windows 7 RC1.
The install went great it only told me I couldn’t UPGRADE since the old version was Ultimate, I had to do a CUSTOM install. When I did this it moved all my old files to the C: drive in a folder called “old windows”. I did have to reinstall all my programs, But being a media center computer I didn’t have much.
So YES you can install Windows 7 home premium UPGRADE over the Windows 7 RC
Help! I’m confused. I’ve followed all these steps, but when I run the setup.exe from the folder after saving the changed version file, nothing happens when I click Install Now. Any ideas?
Do you have to backup your files in order to install this or can you just leave them on their? Cause most of my files i have are located in my D and E drives and when i originally installed the RC, none of these files were deleted when i chose to upgrade. So by downloading this, i won’t be prompted to do a custom install like it recommended me to?
I bought the windows 7 home premium 3 computer upgrade on the release date, just got around to installing it on my media center computer tonight, which was running Windows 7 RC1.
The install went great it only told me I couldn’t UPGRADE since the old version was Ultimate, I had to do a CUSTOM install. When I did this it moved all my old files to the C: drive in a folder called “old windows”. I did have to reinstall all my programs, But being a media center computer I didn’t have much.
So YES you can install Windows 7 home premium UPGRADE over the Windows 7 RC
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I was told to do the same thing on my computer, and when i originally did this on my XP to Windows RC version, it moved my C files from XP to a windows old folder like you said. But if i do this from the official version, will it also keep your files from your other addition drives? Cause i have a 2 other drives that weren’t touched when i originally updated to the RC version, and i was wondering if this would be the same case with this verison as well.
According to unawave.de guys, yes you can manipulate the W7 RC version string so the RTM Home Premium or Pofessional will happily upgrade it with no reinstalling software needed.. http://www.unawave.de/installa.....ml?lang=EN
To help save from confusion this is my experience for upgrading Windows 7 RC to Windows 7 Home Premium using the the Family pack Upgrade disk. This is a store bought setup disk, not a downloaded one.
Hi John,
I did not have to do the step outlined in this form. I had the computer running windows 7 RC on, then inserted the windows 7 Home Premium upgrade DVD in and clicked on the setup exe. It took over from there.
Like I said before, I got a window stating I “can’t upgrade windows 7 Ultimate to home premium”
You must do the custom install.
Hi Mark,
During my install Windows 7 didn’t even see the external drive I had hooked up, which was listed as my E: drive and no it did not back up anything from that drive to the “old windows” folder. It just backed up my C: drive, all the music I had in the RC copy’s “my music” folder was now in the “old windows / my music” folder. Everything from my Download folder was moved to “old windows / download” folded, and so on. The one thing I did not check for was I had some tv shows recorded in Media Center since I had already watched them I wasn’t worried about checking to see if they got moved also.
All your programs are moved to “old windows / program” folder but you must reinstall them for them to work again. After I reinstalled all my programs I deleted the “old windows” folder, it was a total of 14 gigs so it looks like everything from the RC setup on the C: drive was moved to this folder.
Ok thank you that answers my question.
No sir, this doesn’t work. Unless I’m missing something. In order for this to work, you need to run the setup from another hard drive while you’re in Windows already. I want to do the upgrade from DOS or when I boot from DVD or USB. Can someone post how to do this?
I updated my RC to final version no problems. Every thing went very smoothly except no it is asking me for a product key and I have 22 days or it goes to Not full use.
Where can I get a product key that works
Can I upgrade from Win 7 RTM to Win 7 Pro? I have in my new laptom RTM version but I have license for WIn 7 Pro, too….
How can I do it?
Thanks saved alot of work not having to transfering everything back. Upgrade FTW
Will this upgrade method work with Windows 7 Ultimate (FULL) (Retail & OEM) as well as the Upgrade versions?
I had Windows 7 RC and then upgraded to Windows 7 RTM Home Premium and it install without any problem or error.
Windows 7 RC Ultimate to Windows 7 RTM Home Premium.
The only solution to this is you must go buy the “FULL” Version of any Windows 7, not the “UPGRADE” Version, that’s what I did and it worked.
When you buy the “FULL” Version, you must do a clean version of Windows 7.
For you people who had purchased the “UPGRADE” Version, just follow the steps above, not sure if it’s going to work or not.
I’m having an odd issue here. I’m running Windows 7 RC Ultimate x64, and trying to upgrade to Windows 7 RTM Ultimate x64. I made the change to minclient 7000, burned the disc, and verified that the change was there. So far so good. I went to start the update process, selected x64, and when it got to the compatibility report it gave me two fatal errors. One said you cannot upgrade from x64 to x86, and the other said you cannot upgrade from x86 to x64. I then tried selecting x86 instead and that only gives the error that you cannot upgrade from x64 to x86. I’m really confused here, both options are giving me errors that it is the wrong architecture. Anyone have any ideas?
upgrade: Windows 7 RC Ultimate to Windows 7 Home Premium
you need to be able to run regedit and make windows believe it is “HomePremium” and then the $50 Windows 7 Upgrade will work perfectly .. you should also be able to fake out the system into an “upgrade” of x64 to x86 but you may have potential for an unstable platform
I had the same problem that bwillb. So, I did these steps:
“Crack registry (regedit) on the release candidate box and navigate to the HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\Current Version folder. In the right-hand pane, there are two registry entries named EditionID and ProductName.
Edit these registry entries to report the retail edition of Windows you intend to upgrade to. For example, users looking to upgrade the (RC) Release Candidate to the RTM of Home Premium would use HOMEPREMIUM for the EditionID, and Windows 7 HOMEPREMIUM for the ProductName.”
But I still have the same problem. When I try to upgrade to Windows 7 Home Premium (x64) the installator tells me than I have a copy of Windows 7 Ultimate.
Anyone have any ideas?
Uhh…the upgrade didn’t ask me for a Product Key, so, will Windows 7 still expire after 30 days?
I’m having the same problem as bwillb. I am trying to upgrade 64-bit Win 7 Ultimate RC (7100) to 64-bit Window 7 Ultimite RTM. I copied the files to a local directory, changed the cversion.ini file, ran the setup.exe wizard, chose not to download updates, and let it go. It comes back telling me that I can only upgrade the 64-bit version with a 64-bit version or a 32-bit version with a 32-bit version. Except that is what I am doing.
I am guessing that it is looking for a pattern in some string in the registry to determine if the current version of Windows loaded is 64-bit or not. The pattern maybe differs enough between Windows 7 and Windows Vista that it is getting confused. Just a guess on my part. Anybody have any idea how to get around this?
@michael THANK YOU
This how-to worked perfectly fine for me. I did the upgrade yesterday just as the article explains and no issues at all. All of my programs I had under the RC are working perfectly fine with the new RTM I just installed.
Great tip and thanks a lot
I can find the cversion.ini file anywhere in the source folder. I even tried searching for it and no luck.
Any clue what to do next?
Hey I Cant Find The Cversion.ini File In Source Directory…………???
Copied the RTM to the hard drive, did the fix and everything is working just fine.
Can I now delete the copy of the RTM I saved to the hard drive without affecting the programme?
Works for me. Perfect upgrade went very smooth.
Works like a charm. Thanks!!
As always.. Thanks.. Forgot about this..
same prob as “bwillb”
Trying to install Win7 Ultimate 64bit RTM from Win7 64bit RC 7100. My install DVD has choice of x86 and x64 version, so I choose x64, it checks compatability and this error comes up:
The following issues are preventing Windows from upgrading. Cancel the upgrade, complete each task, and then restart the upgrade to continue.
You can’t upgrade 64-bit Windows to a 32-bit version of Windows. To upgrade, obtain a 64-bit version of the installation disc, or go online to see how to install Windows 7 and keep your files and settings.
32-bit Windows cannot be upgraded to a 64-bit version of Windows. To upgrade, obtain a 32-bit version of the Windows installation disc.
—-
Note: Previously I upgraded my 64bit VISTA to the Win7 RC.
I’ll probably just have to install a clean copy! Not fun. Any help appreciated!
I have tried this and when the installation starts copying the files I get this:
Windows cannot copy files required for installation. The files may be corrupt or missing. Make sure all files required for installation are available, and restart the installation. Error code: 0×80070241
Can anyone help?
PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!
i ve installed windows 7 ultimate 32 bit on my laptop.. On browsing the Cversion file, it shows MinClient as 7233 from the DVD i installed,,but after installation on running DXDIAG it shows WINDOWS 7 BUILD 7600….moreover i installed without entering the key, but still it writes WINDOWS IS ACTIVATED,,,,,,but in many of my friends laptops show,,WINDOWS IS NOT ACTIVATED,ACTIVATE NOW,,,or enter serial
even in the bottom it does not show WINDOWS EVALUATION VERSION ,,,even on running windows tweaker,,it simply displays BUILD 7600,,,,,and also the DVD has both x64(64) bit and x86(32 bit) installations.
now my problem is,,,,IS THE WINDOWS RTM VERSION,,,,IF NOT,,,,,THEN WILL IT GET DEACTIVATED ?????????????/
I have been running W7RC for a while now on a new but very low-spec machine (think of a netbook that looks like a desktop), and it has been great. So much so that I even spent some real money to buy Ultimate for installation on my main production machine (all-singing all dancing, fast, memory-rich, big HDs, etc etc). Result? Everything went fine, took a VERY long time to upgrade (from Vista), but … the user experience is just not as good as with the RC version. Text resolution in particular is poor (both machines use the same display, so it’s not that), boot-up is slower (!!) than under Vista, stability is dubious. Any thoughts about this? The only difference, AFAI can see, is that the production machine is running 64-bit Windiows while the development box is running 32-bit, but why this should affect the display I can’t fathom.
Anyway, good article, I might well have a look at upgrading the development box to RTM via this method
I read your article “How to Upgrade the Windows 7 RC to RTM (Final Release) ” and it seems as though there are a few other options available that might allow upgrading to Home or Pro:
Change the cversion of Win 7 RC install to 6999 before installing RC
Or, possibly change the cversion of Win 7 RC after it has been installed?
HELP! I try to turn off the read only option but it wont let me and i am a administrator.
Hey I have windows 7 starter RTM on my netbook can I use this to trick windows 7 starter into thinking its the Release Candiate, and then upgrade using an ultimate ISO I downloaded?
I’m running the RC version of Win7 Ultimate (Evaluation copy, build 7100), and am looking to change to the full version. Question – to carry out the procedure for upgrading as described in the main article, do I purchase the full package of Win 7 Ultimate, or just the Upgrade edition? Thank you for a very helpful and informative article.
Thanks a million for this article. I D/Led Windows 7 Ultimate, changed the file version as described (i put in 6999 as the version, and the upgrade was absolutely simple, one-click to perform the upgrade from the Windows 7 RC (7100) to Ultimate. I now have 120 days to decide whether to buy it …
also, almost everything remained installed and customised, Media Centre preferences , libraries, shortcuts on the desktop etc… IE8 and Media Player went through initial setup (choose search providers etc) but retained bookmarks..
Thanks!
I have windows 7 ultimate Build 7100 and it is activated till june. But now also it is showing evalution copy. How I can make my windows with fully activated.
I just want to clarify
I have Windows 7 Ultimate x64 RC can I upgrade using this technique to Windows 7 Home Premium x64
Hello..thanks for the tips , everything seemed to be working great till the time it “finished” upgrading windows after 3-4 hours and it came up with a message “The upgrade was not successful. Your previous version of windows is being restored. Do not restart your computer during this time” and it restored everything back..Am using Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit Evaluation Copy 7100 and i ran the installer from a dvd..not from my hard drive..any advice on what went wrong would be great..
Thanks
I’m having a similar problem to rOck_oN.
I’m upgrading my Vaio using a DVD that’s been proven to work on 3 other laptops, but when it finishes upgrading, it restarts and goes into recovery tools.
If anyone can help, I’d greatly appreciate it.
Thank you.
I’m having the same problem as Progmanos:
I’m getting the following error:
“Windows was unable to create a required installation folder.
Error code:0×80070013″
Has anyone worked out how to fix this, I’m getting desperate!
Oh, except the error code is not that code, I get 0×80070005. @Progmanos, have you worked it out?
I found out the problem. It’s because I was doing it on a macbook pro… the issue is that you need to go to add/remove programs and features and remove Boot Camp. Strange but true.
am using windows 7 guys theres no boot camp..i think
can anyone help me anyway? pls
HELP
I can get it updated !!
Great tip! Worked like a charm.
Now here’s a new problem. I want to UPGRADE my windows 7 build 7100 64 bit multilingual version with a OEM windows 7 64 bit US-English version. I get a similar error message when I attempt it. Is there any patch for the language difference?
This really helped me out, I can’t believe it was not possible to simply install 7 from RC anyway but thank you very much for this easy to do fix!