Upgrade from XP Pro to Ultimate Error

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Paul

Hi,

I am having trouble upgrading from XP Pro (SP2) to Vista Ultimate.

The install program gets to the final stage (completing installation -
58%), then has a critical error following a driver install:
The following file: windows/system32/drivers/wasfsd.sys is missing or
corrupted.
Status 0xc0000221

The only option I cab then get to do (and only in safe mode) is rollback to
XP.

Any help would be gratefully appreciated.
 
Hi,

I am having trouble upgrading from XP Pro (SP2) to Vista Ultimate.

The install program gets to the final stage (completing installation -
58%), then has a critical error following a driver install:
The following file: windows/system32/drivers/wasfsd.sys is missing or
corrupted.
Status 0xc0000221

The only option I cab then get to do (and only in safe mode) is rollback to
XP.

Any help would be gratefully appreciated.
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Paul said:
Hi,

I am having trouble upgrading from XP Pro (SP2) to Vista Ultimate.

The install program gets to the final stage (completing installation -
58%), then has a critical error following a driver install:
The following file: windows/system32/drivers/wasfsd.sys is missing or
corrupted.
Status 0xc0000221

The only option I cab then get to do (and only in safe mode) is rollback
to
XP.

Any help would be gratefully appreciated.
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You should run a XP Chkdsk to repair any bad sectors on the HD, which
formatting the HD would have corrected, if you could have formatted the HD
and then lay down Vista. You don't have that option on a Vista upgrade.

You can try cleaning the DVD of the Vista upgrade. If the DVD is dirty in
someway, that too can come back with a file corrupted.
 
You can format & perform a clean install of Vista with the upgrade disk if
you have what you need backed up. It's a matter of botting from the Vista
disk, skipping entering the key at that time and choosing clean install.
Vista will list the drives it can install to and if you highlight the drive
there is a button on the screen to format it. Complete the installation. Once
Vista is running properly, run the upgrade again from within Vista, now enter
the key, and again choose clean install, not upgrade. Barring any other
issues that should get you a clean running Vista.
 
patruns said:
You can format & perform a clean install of Vista with the upgrade disk if
you have what you need backed up. It's a matter of botting from the Vista
disk, skipping entering the key at that time and choosing clean install.
Vista will list the drives it can install to and if you highlight the
drive
there is a button on the screen to format it. Complete the installation.
Once
Vista is running properly, run the upgrade again from within Vista, now
enter
the key, and again choose clean install, not upgrade. Barring any other
issues that should get you a clean running Vista.
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The upgrade DVD for Vista Ultimate I got is not bootable. Now, I don't know
about a CD. And the install upgrade gave no option to do a format of the
HD, which I didn't want to do for the upgrade from Premium to Ultimate
anyway. It just took off when I double clicked the Setup.exe.

I also read this too.

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/microsoft/no-clean-installs-with-upgrade-versions-of-vista-232081.php
 
I read the article and it was written before the undocumented way was
discovered. I did a clean install of Vista Home Premium with the update disk
after Microsoft support was unable to resolve a frozen mouse issue for over a
month.. However, it is entirely possible that the Vista Ultimate DVD is not
bootable. My Premium DVD is. In your case a format and install was not
desirable anyway.
 
patruns said:
I read the article and it was written before the undocumented way was
discovered. I did a clean install of Vista Home Premium with the update
disk
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You're talking update diskett or disc?
after Microsoft support was unable to resolve a frozen mouse issue for
over a
month.. However, it is entirely possible that the Vista Ultimate DVD is
not
bootable. My Premium DVD is. In your case a format and install was not
desirable anyway.
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Yeah, I set the bios to boot from DVD/CD and it just booted to the login
screen, it did make the DVD spin. :)
 
I guess the bios to boot from cd/dvd was not set properly. I was able to
boot from the DVD. This is good in case I have to wipe the machine out. I
don't have to go back to the pre-installed Preimum recovery DVD's I made to
come back to Ultimate.

Thanks
 
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