Windows 7 has been released 2 days ago, people search for the way to upgrade to this latest edition. And If you are using Microsoft Windows Vista edition then you have a chance to acquire a license to upgrade to the appropriate Windows 7 edition for free (yes for free!) but of course as an end user you firstly must meet the program qualifications

The requirement is pretty simple, which is showing Microsoft Offer Forms and the form is exactly look like the following pictures:

Microsoft Offer Forms will look like one of the above examples.

So if you find one of the above Microsoft Offers when you purchased your qualifying Windows Vista computer, you are qualified and able to request Windows 7 upgrade form this website at no additional cost to you.

Your system will likely encounter the up-gradation failure in your effort to upgrade Windows Vista to Microsoft Windows 7 and as the result of this failure, your computer will experience the disturbing and ongoing cycle of restarts or restarts.

Many Windows users, especially those who upgraded from XP to Vista in order to upgrade to Windows 7, are facing the following message:

”This version of Windows could not be installed, Your previous version of Windows has been restored, and you can continue to use it.”

If their system failed in attempt to upgrade from Windows Vista to Windows 7. And if you restart your computer the same message will reappear on your screen as an indication that upgrade process will be doomed to failure.

And Microsoft has published a brief explanation about this phenomena:

“Windows Vista will have been restored on the computer but the Boot Configuration Database (BCD) store has not edited to restore Windows Vista as the default booting operating system,” Microsoft stated. “The computer will continue to boot to the Windows 7 Setup and then fail until the BCD database has been restored to its previous state.”

Actually the exact reason for this upgrade failure still in mystery box as Redmond Company has not given a clear and specific details as to why a Vista to Windows 7 upgrade failure occurs.

However it published a step-by-step solution to stop this ongoing restarts that according to Microsoft this proposition is found in all editions of Windows Vista SP1, SP2 & Windows Vista RTM.

And here’s the steps on how to fix repeated system restarts after Windows 7 Upgrade Failure from Microsoft:

1. Restart your computer or turn it on.
2. A boot entry menu will appear during system start up, or hit F8 if a boot entry menu doesn’t appear. And then make sure you select Windows Vista as the default setup NOT Windows 7.
3. Enter the Windows Vista media into the drive and exit the Windows Vista Setup when its launched and if you don’t have it you can download Windows Vista with SP2 ISO here.
4. Press Start -> All Programs -> Accessories, and then right-click the Command Prompt icon, and then click Run as Administrator to open elevated command prompt with administrator rights.
5. At a command prompt type X:\boot\Bootsect.exe /NT60 All (Substitute X with virtual drive letter of which Windows Vista installation is located) afterward press Enter.
6. Now to see the result please restart your computer.
7. Finish!

Hope the above will solve your problem in fixing upgrade failure during upgrading your current Windows Vista to Windows 7 and  to put a stop to the continual reboots & see you again in the SEO Blog next post.