Upgrade from Win7 Ultimate "keep nothing" option ONLY

tulumia

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Hey everyone!
I've been trying all day to upgrade my Win 7 Ultimate 64bit system to win 8 pro, everything goes fine until I accept the terms and conditions only to see that the only option available for me to keep from my current system is "Nothing". No other options show. Does anyone here have a clue what the reason could be?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro
    CPU
    Intel Quad core2 Q6600
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI HD 5800
    Sound Card
    Creative SB-X extreme
I finally found what the problem in my system was: I had changed the registry seyting regarding the default program files folder to D:, when I changed it back to C: it worked as it was supposed to! I hope it helps!
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro
    CPU
    Intel Quad core2 Q6600
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI HD 5800
    Sound Card
    Creative SB-X extreme
I finally found what the problem in my system was: I had changed the registry seyting regarding the default program files folder to D:, when I changed it back to C: it worked as it was supposed to! I hope it helps!
Thanks for reporting back with how you fixed the problem.

BTW. . .Welcome the Eight Forums. . .:thumbsup:
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win 8, (VM win7, XP, Vista)
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavilion p1423w
    CPU
    Intel Core i5 3330 Ivy Bridge
    Motherboard
    Foxconn - 2ADA Ivy Brige
    Memory
    16 GB 1066MHz DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD 5450
    Sound Card
    HD Realteck (Onboard)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Mitsubishi LED TV/Montior HD, Dell 23 HD, Hanspree 25" HD
    Screen Resolution
    Mit. 1980-1080, Dell 2048-115, Hanspree 1920-10802
    Hard Drives
    1 SanDisk 240Gig SSD, 2 Samsung 512Gig SSDs
    Case
    Tower
    Cooling
    Original (Fans)
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Keyboard 2000
    Mouse
    Microsoft Optical Mouse 5000
    Internet Speed
    1.3 (350 to 1024 if lucky)
    Browser
    Firefox 19.1
    Antivirus
    MSE-Defender
I think this is the problem I have (or similar). When I installed Win 7 I followed Kari's sevensforums guide to relocate the User and Program data folders to a secondary disk (D) to save ware on the SSD system (C). This was the full relocation during install using the Audit Mode sysprep tool. Subsequently loaded many programs and so am concerned that I will lose all this and have to reinstall.

Which registry keys did you change, and did you just point back to the alternative folders (D) after the upgrade to Win 8?

Trying to find the easiest way around this so any thoughts or recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win 7 Pro
    CPU
    i7 3770K
    Motherboard
    Asus P8Z77 V Deluxe
    Memory
    32GB Patriot
    Graphics Card(s)
    HD 7970
I'm prety sure it was this:
System Key:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion]
Value Name: CommonFilesDir, ProgramFilesDir
Data Type: REG_SZ (String Value)
Value Data: Directory Name

I found the source of the problem by looking at some log files the upgrade process creates. Unfortunately I do not remember the log file name nor the location but there was a "compatibility scan" somewhere which I examined and found a "hardblock" entry due to my default program files directory. After changing that everything worked as it should. Your issue preventing the upgrade could be different, but I think the log file is the place to start. Too bad the upgrade process doesn't give us any clue and we have to dig through the logs to find an answer...

...And thanks to Lee for the welcoming message!
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro
    CPU
    Intel Quad core2 Q6600
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI HD 5800
    Sound Card
    Creative SB-X extreme
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