"Ray" <rayj.balt@DELTHISverizon.net> wrote in message
news:jbHLh.10188$el3.6549@trndny01...
>I got a new HP Pavilion dv6000us laptop for Christmas with a free upgrade
>to Vista premium.
>
> The other day the upgrade disc came, and it seemed easy enough to install.
> As urged, I made one of those "All-in-One" recovery disc sets -- just in
> case.
>
> I was no more than three or four steps into the install before things
> started to go haywire. I finally got Vista installed, but all my files
> were lost. And in addition, it allowed me no more than 1040 by 768 screen
> resolution.
>
> So I used the recovery discs to go back to XP. I could only get a clean
> new reinstall -- all my files were lost.
>
> Just a cautionary note. If you want Vista, buy a machine with it already
> installed.
>

First, if you did not back up before attempting the upgrade, then you have
no one but yourself to blame.

Second, what are the "three or four" steps you talk of?

I have a dv6045nr. I upgraded to Windows Vista Ultimate using a retail
disk, I made sure I backed everything up, and that I downloaded all the
current drivers from the HP website.

The instructions that came with your upgrade disc, which you apparently did
not read, state plainly that the nVidia Video drivers will not be installed
until after the 2nd reboot, and that you may have to set it manually to the
native resolution of the screen; this is a result of the nVidia drivers and
not Vista.


Honu