Having serious issues upgrading to Windows 7

I've got a computer with Vista 32-bit and it sucks so I'm trying to upgrade to Windows 7, but the installer does not launch it just hangs with the cursor and the little spinning circle. I know it's not the disk because I tried it in Safe Move and the installer launched! (only for it to tell me I can't install Windows in Safe Mode, GRRRR!! )

I ran Combofix and it found some viruses and cleaned them up. I also ran chk dsk / r but I think it already did some major damage to the system because even installers for FireFox won't launch and it keeps saying things like

I told my friend about this and he was like "yea, Vista sucks... You should get Windows 7" and I was like DUH!

 

Generally not a good idea to use the "upgrade" option if you can help it, clean installs all the way...

In this case if you have virus(es) resident on your computer it's best AND easiest to recover any files (docs music ect) via safe mode to an external drive, unplug that and then format your computer/install a fresh copy of win7.

 

Ya, I recommend a clean install as well.

 

Another one here for a clean install.
Upgrades are a complete nightmare. Even if the upgrade itself is successful, later down the line you always seem to get little glitches here and there!

 

I personally wouldn't bother 'upgrading' the OS via that particular option.
I'd rather do a clean install (format the partition with the old OS and install 7 there) because as several other posters noted, the 'upgrade' can leave behind traces of the old OS, some potential glitches, and there's a good possibility it won't really work at it's best speed).

Doing a clean install gives you a clean start.
I usually keep all of my 3d project scenes, text files and similar data I work with on a separate partition (also backed-up on external hdd).
That way I can easily kill the content of the C partition and merely have to re-install all of the programs (there aren't many).

 

Upgrading from Vista to Win 7 is a piece of cake (normally). As there was absolutely no difference in the underlying architecture of the OS going from Vista to Win 7, it is really no different than applying a service pack. This was NEVER true on any other transition in operating systems in the past, and I, like the other posters so far in this thread, have always done a clean install. But knowing the OS had not changed at all under the hood and the only difference between Vista and Win7 was code base changes, I (and many others) did the upgrade route.

Now having said that, in THIS case I'd have to lend my voice to those saying the OP should just bite the bullet and do a clean install. There are too many issues with the viruses found and the mere fact that the installer hangs that waves all sorts of red flags.

Gary

 

In all other cases from Win1>Win3>Win95>Win98>Win2000>WinXP>Vista that was true 100%. From Vista to Win7 that is just not the case at all. This is true only because this is the first time that the architecture of the OS didn't change at all. Code modules changed but that was all. And that is EXACTLY like a service pack. None of us (well FEW of us) bother to do a clean install when a service pack arrives. The same paradigm applies in the Vista to Win7 transition.

In fact the upgrade from Vista to Win7 will free up a large amount of disk space consumed by all the hidden uninstall packs for updates etc. I recovered over a GB of space.

Gary