Recover of Windows 7 Ultimate 64

Abrupto · Jan 14, 2010

Hi all!

this is my first post in the forum. I have installed win7 home premium on a hard disk that already had win 7 ultimate. After installation I end up with a windows folder (the home premium one) and a windows.old folder (the ultimate one). Now I want to move again to win7 ultimate. What should I do? Can you help please?

Thank you
Regards
Abrupto

karrde · Jan 14, 2010

I found this at Asus Support page (as roll back to XP and removed the "Restore the XP boot sector" part)
I have not tried this so i can't give any guaranty. Use at your own Risk.

Step 1: Determine whether there is a Windows.old folder and whether there is sufficient free space on the Windows hard disk

1. Click the Start button, and then click Computer.
2. On the View menu, click Details.
3. In the Free Space column, note how much space is available for Local Disk (C: ) under the Hard Disk Drives area.
4. In the Hard Disk Drives area, double-click Local Disk (C: ), and then determine whether the Windows.old folder exists.
Important: If the Windows.old folder does not exist, you cannot follow the steps in this article to restore the previous Windows installation to this computer. You must back up and restore or transfer your files to the previous operating system.
5. Right-click the Windows.old folder.
6. Windows 7 will determine the size of the folder after several seconds.

Determine whether the Windows.old folder is smaller than the free space that is available for Local Disk (C: ) in step 1.2.

Note: If the Windows.old folder is two times as large as the free space that is available for the Local Disk (C: ) entry, you may not be able to restore the previous Windows installation.

Step 2: Start the Windows Recovery Environment

1. Put the Windows 7 installation disc in the DVD drive, and then restart the computer.
2. Press a key when you are prompted to restart from the disc.
3. In the Install Windows window, select a language, a time, a currency, a keyboard input method or other input method, and then click Next.
4. In the Install Windows window, click Repair your computer.
5. In the System Recovery Options window, click the version of the Windows 7 operating system that you want to repair, and then click Next.
6. In the System Recovery Options window, click Command Prompt.

The Command Prompt window opens, and it displays the command prompt. The command prompt is where you will type the commands that are described in the following steps.

Step 3: Rename the Windows 7 folders
Note: When you type one or more of the commands at the command prompt in the following steps and press ENTER, you may receive the following message:
The system cannot find the file specified
If you receive this message, go to the next step in this section, and then type the command in that next step.

Type the following commands at the command prompt:

1. Type the following command, and then press ENTER: c:

1. Type the following command, and then press ENTER: ren Windows Windows.7

1. Type the following command, and then press ENTER: ren "Program Files" "Program Files.7"

1. Type the following command, and then press ENTER: ren "Users" "Users.7"

1. Type the following command, and then press ENTER: ren "Documents and Settings" "Documents and Settings.7"

Step 4: Copy the contents or move the contents of the Windows.old folder
Note: When you type one or more of the commands at the command prompt in the following steps and press ENTER, you may receive the following message:
The system cannot find the file specified.
If you receive this message, go to the next step in this section, and then type the command in that next step.

Type the following commands at the command prompt:

1. Type the following command, and then press ENTER: move /y c:\windows.old\windows c:\

1. Type the following command, and then press ENTER: move /y "c:\windows.old\program files" c:\

1. Type the following command, and then press ENTER: move /y c:\windows.old\users c:\

1. Type the following command, and then press ENTER: move /y “c:\windows.old\documents and settings” c:\

Step 5: Close the Command Prompt window, and then click Restart

1. Type the following command at the command prompt, and then press ENTER: exit
2. Click Restart to restart your computer
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Recover of Windows 7 Ultimate 64

Abrupto MDL Novice

karrde MDL Novice