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Upgrade from xp
Name: chrismr Date: May 25, 2007 at 08:46:40 Pacific OS: XP CPU/Ram: P4 Product: SELF
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I am upgrading from XP Pro to Vista Business, I get the following mesage after runnning setup: Windows cannot deretmine if anohter OS exists on your computer. Try repairing the boot configuration and then begin the installatation again. I am running setup from within Windows
Name: Sabertooth Date: May 25, 2007 at 10:30:54 Pacific
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Do you have XP Pro 32bit or 64bit? I asked because XP Pro 64bit requires a clean install to Vista. On the other hand, if you have XP Pro 32bit - is it a full install or was it initially based on an upgrade install?
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Response Number 2
Name: chrismr Date: May 25, 2007 at 10:43:33 Pacific
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I have XP PRO 32 bit. It is a upgrade, I am using the CD that cam from my MS Action Pack Suubscription. I was able to resolve the issue. I did a google seach on the error, and from a dos I found, I changed the boot.ini to the typical format. My boot ini was a little weird, something I never saw in a boot.ini before. I am still not sure why that was, I did a clean install of XP with SP 2 embedded on the CD, then right from there, installed Vista Upgrade version.
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