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In certain scenarios, a failed Windows Vista upgrade to Windows 7 can throw the computer into a perpetual cycle of restarts, Microsoft informed. The Redmond company did not offer specific details on the causes of a Vista to Windows 7 upgrade failure, but it did offer a workaround for end users affected by this specific issue to put a stop to the continual reboots. The KB article Microsoft supplied for this issue was published after the RTM of Windows 7, and it indicates that the problem impacts all editions of Vista RTM, SP1 and SP2. “When attempting to upgrade from Windows Vista to Windows 7 the upgrade attempt may fail with the message “This version of Windows could not be installed, Your previous version of Windows has been restored, and you can continue to use it." However, the next reboot of the machine will launch the upgrade process again only to fail with the same message,†the software giant informed. The perpetual reboots are caused by the way the compute!
r's Boot Configuration Database (BCD) store is modified in the Windows 7 upgrade process. While, the failed upgrade is capable of restoring the original Vista operating system before the jump to Windows 7 was attempted, it does not do the same with the BCD store. “Windows Vista ...
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