Another "Setup cannot continue due to a corrupted installation file"

Hello,

I have trouble upgrading my Vista Home Premium to Windows 7 Home Premium:
After an hour of collecting data and rebooting, setup stops with the message that "Setup cannot continue due to a corrupted installation file". Now I have tried this with two different brand new upgrade DVDs, same result.

Any idea?
I want to avoid the fresh install. Unsing the 3 PC Family Pack.

Thanks!

That is odd, especially if two retail upgrade DVDs do this.

If you really don't want to do a fresh install, can you check the Windows 7 setup log files and see where it stumbles?

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l...83(WS.10).aspx

Hi Ian.

When the setup stops, the rollback does not work. The reboot gives me the choice of Rollback and Vista, choosing Vista presents me with a clean install. searching for the directories that are mentioned in the Windows Setup Log Files article I do not find ANY of these folders on my drive!

What's wrong with the fresh install? It's the best way to go, as long as you have the proper media.

That would be my very last option if the setup is impossible. There are special settings in some programs that I cannot recreate - don't want to go into details.

If you bought the family pack from Microsoft, call them and see what they can do to help you. It can't hurt, but there is one thing that is a plain fact. The large majority of those who have troubles stepping up to Windows 7 are those who upgrade by download and by doing a upgrade by disc. The ones who either buy new or do a clean install have the least amount of problems. Since it is a personal matter to you regarding your settings, I respect that. But most things can be backed up for the clean install. Don't give up, there may be a way to pull it off.

Already done that. They do not provide free case to case support, but forwarded me to the MS answers forum. There we got stuck at the same point: unable to find/read the log files...

Sumukha wrote
Any program can be backed up with the right software, I have a program that a good friend made for me (its a one-off) and i keep two backups of it one on a Flash Drive and one on a CD-R.

I hear "Laplink PC-Mover" is another good migration tool. I've personally not used it though, so I don't have any personal words to tell.

You mean you buy from them and get no personal support? When did they start this? In February of this year, I got free support for XP Pro. I explained this in another post. The lady spent over an hour on the phone with me for free, although she could have charged me. And you bought 3 OS's from them and get referred to a forum. I'd be on the phone again and again and be emailing over and over. Don't give up, ask to speak to someone higher everytime they try this. That's bulls**t.