tinkerbell
New Member
I did an upgrade installation of windows 7 using vista, and purposely selected the 'upgrade' option in the hope that it would transfer all my files across, but it failed.
During the installation it came up with a 'driver not found' message. (or something like that) It then exited the setup and said that any changes made to the system so far will not be saved.
Then it restarted and came up with a DOS window inside windows 7 saying something about an 'X' drive, which i don't even have! I exited and it resarted again.
Then when it restarted there were 2 options, something like:
1. Windows recovery/rollback
2. Startup using vista.
I selected the vista option and it carried on installing. I created a new username and password and w/e and completed the setup. Then then said "starting windows 7 for the first time".
Now windows 7 is working but its like its done a brand new install and hasnt transferred all my files, settings and programs properly like I'd hoped. (The username that I created in the setup is new.)
Instead its scattered them all around in these 4 folders in the Vista C drive:
$INPLACE.~TR
$UPGRADE.~OS
$WINDOWS.~LS
$WINDOWS.~Q
Everything is still there, but its all been separated and spread around in the above folders. Inside the INPLACE and WINDOWSQ ones there's even a folder named after my old vista account.
It seems like it made a back up of all my files and data in these folders but failed to import them properly.
Is there a way I can recover/import them?
If it makes any difference I have a Toshiba Satellite Pro laptop. (I've noticed that there are lots of toshiba specific errors with windows 7)
Any help is appreciated, thanks :]
During the installation it came up with a 'driver not found' message. (or something like that) It then exited the setup and said that any changes made to the system so far will not be saved.
Then it restarted and came up with a DOS window inside windows 7 saying something about an 'X' drive, which i don't even have! I exited and it resarted again.
Then when it restarted there were 2 options, something like:
1. Windows recovery/rollback
2. Startup using vista.
I selected the vista option and it carried on installing. I created a new username and password and w/e and completed the setup. Then then said "starting windows 7 for the first time".
Now windows 7 is working but its like its done a brand new install and hasnt transferred all my files, settings and programs properly like I'd hoped. (The username that I created in the setup is new.)
Instead its scattered them all around in these 4 folders in the Vista C drive:
$INPLACE.~TR
$UPGRADE.~OS
$WINDOWS.~LS
$WINDOWS.~Q
Everything is still there, but its all been separated and spread around in the above folders. Inside the INPLACE and WINDOWSQ ones there's even a folder named after my old vista account.
It seems like it made a back up of all my files and data in these folders but failed to import them properly.
Is there a way I can recover/import them?
If it makes any difference I have a Toshiba Satellite Pro laptop. (I've noticed that there are lots of toshiba specific errors with windows 7)
Any help is appreciated, thanks :]