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I read in another thread that DVD-RW media must be used, so I will try this for the backups. This is a weird problem.

I was going to say the same as JoeP, but he is quicker. Many modern PCs do not support XP mode. I have 3 brand new laptops which do not support it, so just check you aforementioned links.

Go for it!! I clean installed 4 PCs, 3 laptops (64 bit) and 1 older desktop (32 bit). I dumped Vista and XP, booted from the windows 7 DVD, did a custom install and loaded 3 copies of Windows 7 Home Premium and 1 copy of Windows 7 Ultimate. All went very smoothly with great results. When you load Windows 7 it will include a folder called windows.old in the windows explorer tree. This folder includes all your old vista or XP stuff which you can then drag and drop to the appropriate areas in your new OS. You will however have to reload all your programss, but this should be fairly straight forward.Once you have gotten all your stuff from the windows.old folder you can delete this folder. Have fun, you will love windows 7.
Ted

No I have not tried a diff. brand of disk. I’m using TDK which is considered a good brand. The problem, or perhaps difference is that The version that have the problem are the Home Premium versions. My Ultimate version works fine as well. I see you are using the PRO edition which also works well. Supposedly full system images are also enabled on the Home Premium version, but I continually have the looping problem I described above. I’m wondering if there is a setting I need to change, or perhaps a registry setting. Who knows. Tha’s why I’m hoping someone smarter than me has already solved this problem. Thanks for your response.
Ted

I did not read all replys so if this is a rehash, I’m sorry. Once you clean install (boot from Win 7 upgrade DVD) you will see an additional folder called windows.old which can be opened like any other folder. This contains all your Vista stuff. You can then drag and drop anything from this windows.old folder to your new OS including contacts, pics, favorites, documents data, etc. You will naturally have to reload all your programs, then drag your data from windows.old to wherever your programs store their data. After finishing with everything, just delete the windows.old folder. I hope this helps.
Ted

Your PC must be compatible with XP Mode. Check the MS site http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/download.aspx to check if your pc is capable of XP Mode. You will need to get a new Quicken file directly from Quicken. When I did the same I contacted Intuit and they sent a link to a new download file.

Originally you may have had better success in the upgrade by booting from the DVD rather than from within windows.

Ted

It is the MS backup. I have not installed the Sony software. It actually came on a second DVD. The Win7 Home Premium came on it’s own DVD without any Sony stuff to screw it up.

I do use an R type DVD, not rewriteable. I do not want a manufacturer version of the OS. All my laptops came with Vista. I clean installed Win 7 and as stated did not install the Sony software. The MS back up should work but is giving problems as stated in my original posting. There is probably some change I have to make in the home premium to allow this?????

I have only read positives on MS Security Essentials, and it is very cost effective (free). It seems to run in the background and is very unobtrusive. I use Malwarebytes and Spybot for regular checkups, but do not run them in the background. MS tends to send AV updates almost every day so I feel comfortable it is doing the job protecting my PCs.

Good luck with the new PC, it should be a screamer.

Ted

I have 3 PCs (2 laptops 1 desktop) All had Win7 RC installed, one with a dual boot Vista. I used a Windows 7 upgrade version ( 1 ultimate and 2 home premium) to update all three. I elliminated the vista partition on the dual boot PC. In all three cases the Win 7 upgrade versions clean installed over the existing Win 7 RC with no problems what so ever. In fact after clean installing, there is a folder created called windows.old. You can open this folder and drag everything you want to save directly into the new OS (favorites, contacts, documents, pics, music, etc) Once you drag everything you want from the windows.old folder, you can delete the folder to free some space (the folder has a fairly large size). Good luck, you should not have any problems. Have fun.
Ted

Good looking new PC, have fun with it.

I have 3 laptops (All Sony Vaio VGN-FW models) one with Windows 7 ultimate, 2 with Windows 7 home premium. The built in windows 7 back up utility worked very well on the ultimate edition, but causes problems on the home premium editions. I have started a thread for this problem: http://bro.ws/769664L Keep watching to see if I get any answers to my image problem.

Check out the Microsoft Security Essentials AV AM solution. This is a free program from Microsoft (of all places) that seems to work very well and is highly rated (January PC world mentions it as one of it’s 10 best freeware alternatives). Check it out. Good luck with the PC
Ted