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The Upgrade Advisor indicated that the system was compatible with Windows Vista and recommended installation of Windows Vista Business Edition, which it must have determined by the more than two gigabytes of Word, Excel, and Adobe Reader files on the system as well as the thousands of emails in Outlook Express.

It was however decided to install the Windows Vista Ultimate Edition as the computer is used for both business and home use and provides all the features of the Business Edition anyway. Problem Devices? The Windows Vista firewall is a two way fully configurable firewall so Internet and Network security was unlikely to be compromised. For good measure Acronis True Image 10 was also uninstalled as it places a "virtual" device on the system and has the potential to cause issues.

A Compatibility Report appeared immediately though, indicating that the Display drivers may cause problems after the upgrade is completed. It was decided to abandon the Upgrade setup and to remove the Display drivers and software and the Audio drivers and software in an effort to ensure a problem free upgrade. Install now Setup Compatibility Report Remove Display Drivers -- Once all potentialy conflicting software and device drivers had been uninstalled and removed the system was restarted and Windows Vista setup again run.

This time around there were no meaningful compatiblity issues reported after the Upgrade option was selected. Is this cd all I need to get Vista Ultimate or will I need a full version not an upgrade? Share Flag. All Answers. Collapse -. Col 0 Votes. Yes that's correct. Didn't buy a CD but a I would. Thanks for your reply. Youre Welcome :. Does anyone know if it will be possible to do data recovery and recover out outlook files from the hard drive? Vista does shadow copies of your user folder by default right click Users folder and choose restore previous version.

You probably wont be able to use the restore functio but you can browse through the previous versions and select the data you need. I upgrade from Windows Vista home to Vista Business. I not only lost all my files but all my programs as well. Is there a way to retrieve all my applications or I will have to install Office, and all my programs? Did you look for the files under Windows.

I was faced with having to set them up again until I 'trawled' through the 'Net and found this forum. Having done what you suggested and gone back to a Users folder prior to the upgrade I found them again. I don't haver "restore" available on the shortcut menu. I have restored most of my files except for Outlook address book, emails and my Favorites.

Any other suggestiolns? It seems that there was an error during the upgrade. When it happens, all you files are moved to a new folder called Windows. Microsoft has not taken the time to investigate the issue and come up with a solution. Now I am stuck and will need to purchase another copy.

I lost all files, emails, pictures. I do not have an windows. I tried the right click on the User folder, but do not have restore as an option. I even tried undelete software - nothing worked! I hate Mircosoft! Office Office Exchange Server. Not an IT pro? Windows Client. Sign in. United States English. Ask a question. Quick access. Search related threads. Remove From My Forums. Answered by:. Archived Forums. Windows Vista Migration. Sign in to vote.

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Related Articles. Author Info Last Updated: September 16, Method 1. Uninstall your antivirus, spyware protection, and third-party firewalls. Method 2. You have to run the Setup program from within Windows XP. After you insert the DVD, an autorun will pop up. Click on install now. Click upgrade,to upgrade your OS and wait while Windows upgrades your computer to Vista.