Re: In Place Upgrade on non SP1 machine using SP1 DVD?
- From: Darrellg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ("Darrell Gorter[MSFT]")
- Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:51:38 GMT
Hello,
Sorry not going to work.
| >Your situation is that you want to run a repair install with the
| >slipstreamed SP1 on a Vista HP RTM. I can't imagine any reason
whatsoever
| >that you're going to have any trouble at all doing this. I would expect
| >that to get you Vista SP1 on your box. Vista SP1 is Vista RTM + the SP1
| >files.
The upgrade path from RTM installation to Integrated (slipstreamed) SP1
media is not available.
Thanks,
Darrell Gorter[MSFT]
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights
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| >Hi mikej--
| >
| >Good for Dell for keeping their word that they would ship an actual
Vista
| >DVD with their boxes, because there is no comparision in the help you
can
| >get from one vs. the often worthless "recovery CDs with XP and recovery
DVDs
| >with Vista" that the OEMs get away with shipping.
| >What Dell ***promised*** on their blog around the time Vista RTM'd was
that
| >they were going to ship a Vista DVD with each and every box.
| >
| >With a Vista DVD you have the advantage of doing a startup repair, a
repair
| >install, or using what will fix a wide range of software caused no boot
| >Vistas, the bootrec.exe command switches that aren't well known but will
| >often fix a no boot Vista when other methods won't.
| >
| >You're question's a good one. My experience is that when I've repaired
no
| >boot's with a DVD that is earlier than the OS service packquite a few
times
| >in XP, specifically XP SP2 boxes with an XP SP1 or XP CD, that the
repaired
| >OS became whatever the CD's service pack level was that I used to
repair.
| >Your situation is that you want to run a repair install with the
| >slipstreamed SP1 on a Vista HP RTM. I can't imagine any reason
whatsoever
| >that you're going to have any trouble at all doing this. I would expect
| >that to get you Vista SP1 on your box. Vista SP1 is Vista RTM + the SP1
| >files.
| >
| >Back up of course, but I'd go for it.
| >
| >Good luck,
| >
| >CH
| >
| >"mikej" <guest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
| >news:7e36f479bb7cbdfe42a374f5be2d040f@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| >>
| >> I have a Dell laptop running Vista Home Premium. Vista SP1 will not
| >> install either through WU or manually. I've tried several possible
| >> solutions, but it appears it is due to a corrupt manifest file (0
length
| >> file).
| >>
| >> Microsoft wants me to do an in place upgrade. I requested the DVD
| >> required from Dell but the DVD they sent has SP1 included.
| >>
| >> My question is, can I do an in place upgrade on a non-SP1 system, using
| >> the SP1 slipstreamed DVD? Or is this just asking for trouble? If it
| >> would work, I would automatically have SP1 installed.
| >>
| >> Thanks!
| >>
| >>
| >> --
| >> mikej
| >
| >
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