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    Windows-Ultimate and Asus Notebook?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by versusqc, Sep 27, 2007.

  1. versusqc

    versusqc Notebook Consultant

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    Hello
    I tryed to install an upgrade from vista home premium to vista ultimate on my g1s. The install go well, all the things goes weel and It even asked me to set my user name and pass and my computer name.
    BNut now when it reboot, It just load windows, and then there is a white screen with:
    At the top: Can not boot C:\Recovery.dat.
    And then in the middle of the screen, a big Error in red.

    I checked on the net and there seem to be similar problem with this upgrade on asus laptop...
    What should I do now? :(
     
    versusqc, Sep 27, 2007
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  2. CalebSchmerge

    CalebSchmerge Woof NBR Reviewer

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    I would recommend that you do a clean install of Vista Ultimate. Upgrades are always messy (regardless of the computer brand). I have Vista Ultimate on my computer, no trouble.
     
    CalebSchmerge, Sep 27, 2007
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  3. simonfzhao

    simonfzhao Notebook Evangelist

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    lol i had this issue before too..it's just a white screen with that in red :(
    i got scared and just reformatted my hard drive and reinstalled home premium..too scared to do anything again, if you dont mind, tell me how it goes with the fresh install :D
     
    simonfzhao, Sep 28, 2007
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  4. Maurizio2k7

    Maurizio2k7 Notebook Guru

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    Do you have the upgrade version of Vista Ultimate or the full one ? If you have the full, format everything on your hard disk even the Home Premium Recovery Sector, which is unnecessary if you have Ultimate Full. You can do this via the Vista installation setup.
    Why are you scared, if you have nothing on your hard disk you wont lose anything expect time ...
     
    Maurizio2k7, Sep 28, 2007
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  5. thekaz

    thekaz Notebook Consultant

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    Upgrades are always messy :(
    I stopped counting the number of PC's I have done clean installs and then everything is happy :D
     
    thekaz, Sep 28, 2007
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