| Subject: Vista Basic to Vista Business Upgrade-loss of data |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup |
| Date: 5/10/2008 8:43:01 AM |
| From: =?Utf-8?B?cmVnb3N0ZWlu?= [Email Address Protection] |
I have a Dell Vostro with Vista Home Basic. I bought a retail upgrade package to Vista Business. I used the upgrade option. None of my data appears to be available. My programs transferred. It looks like I have about 55 GB of hard disc space occupied, so I assume my data is still on the drive. How can I recover it and my settings? Am I going to have to go back to a restore point and back up all of my files and re-install Vista Business and then install my data? |
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| Subject: Re: Vista Basic to Vista Business Upgrade-loss of data |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup |
| Date: 5/11/2008 5:32:59 AM |
| From: "Rick Rogers" [Email Address Protection] |
Hi, Set Folder Options/View tab so that you can see hidden and system folders. Now open Windows Explorer and check the root of C:\ for a Windows.old folder. This will contain the remnants of the previous installation, including your data files under C:\Windows.old\Users\OldUsername\... You should be able to copy the data from here. -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Windows help - www.rickrogers.org My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com "regostein" <regostein@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:BD7F21C0-5CDD-4792-A2E3-4301C0E6E36D@microsoft.com... >I have a Dell Vostro with Vista Home Basic. I bought a retail upgrade > package to Vista Business. I used the upgrade option. None of my data > appears to be available. My programs transferred. It looks like I have > about 55 GB of hard disc space occupied, so I assume my data is still on > the > drive. How can I recover it and my settings? Am I going to have to go > back > to a restore point and back up all of my files and re-install Vista > Business > and then install my data? |
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