Hi, Dheeraj.
Ten hours is close enough to "never", I suppose. :>(
I had to reinstall Vista Ultimate x86 a few days ago. I did a clean install
on a new logical drive and it completed in less than two hours - not
counting the initial tweaking that we always have to do on a new
installation. The "Expanding Files" section took only a few minutes, not
much more than 10 minutes.
As I said, I've never been able to "upgrade" to any version of Vista, beta
or RTM, with the single exception of the "in-place upgrade" of Ultimate x64
that I did recently, which took 5 hours, plus re-tweaking.
Sorry I can't be more help.
> Hi White,
My parents named me Robert Charles - for my grandfathers - and then always
called me "R. C.". The use of initials as nicknames is not uncommon in my
native Oklahoma, or here in Texas.)
RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
rc@grandecom.net
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail beta in Vista Ultimate x64)
"Dheeraj" <Dheeraj@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0D568DC4-D64F-461D-90DD-CD4CF9454470@microsoft.com...
> Hi White,
>
> The definition of "Never" in my case is around 10 hours when I reset the
> installation and selected "Clean Install", it had completed in around 1 hr
> 40
> min which is a reasonable time. Anyways i couldnt figure out the possible
> reason for the failure installation of "Upgrading from vista home basic to
> Vista Ultimate". Its still a mystery.
>
> Regards,
> Dheeraj
>
> "R. C. White" wrote:
>
>> Hi, Dheeraj.
>>
>> > up at the "Expanding Files" section if installation process at 21% and
>> > it
>> > never proceeds further.
>>
>> How long is "never"? When I did a "repair install" of Vista a week or
>> two
>> ago, it also hung up at this spot. I was about ready to hit the Reset
>> button when, finally, it continued. It must have stayed at that screen
>> for
>> over 10 minutes, maybe a half-hour. And there were several other places
>> in
>> the Setup process when I thought the computer must have died. And there
>> was
>> NO feedback from Setup; sometimes no blinking drive lights or anything
>> else
>> for a very long time. From start to opening desktop, the "in-place
>> upgrade"
>> (from Vista Ultimate x64 to Vista Ultimate x64 again) took five hours!
>> :>( And I still had some tweaking to do after that.
>>
>> So, how long was "never" in your case?
>>
>> RC
>>
>> "Dheeraj" <Dheeraj@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:3D6E886C-5E55-42B8-93E3-02488CE919DF@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi
>> >
>> > I am trying to upgrade from vista home to vista ultimate. I had been
>> > hanged
>> > up at the "Expanding Files" section if installation process at 21% and
>> > it
>> > never proceeds further. Can anyone please provide me a better solution
>> > for
>> > upgrading. I had bought a DVD for vista ultimate.
>> >
>> > Thanks
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