On Sat, 2 Jun 2007 16:42:00 -0700, Lowered Expectations
<LoweredExpectations@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
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>Pardon, please this rant. First: thanks to the gents here who have already
>answered my earlier questions.
>
>The results of the answers are not encouraging me to calm down.
>Oh well.
>
>--The Problem: I (and how many others?) was on the Vista beta and RC1/2
>program.
>
>Near the end of the trial period I looked into purchase options.
>Microsoft told me/us here:
>[url]http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/preview.mspx[/url]
>and elsewhere, that all that we need do was MAKE the backup while RC1 was
>still viable (I did that), and then buy and install one's own preferred Vista.
>
>ALL I was told to do was make a total back up, choose and buy a Vista version.
>I opted for Home Basic.
>
>I cannot put my old settings, files or folders into the new OS. Period.
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Hmm... as I recall, you cannot do a restore to "Windows Vista Basic".
RC1 was "Ultimate" and the restore function requires Premium, Business
or Ultimate. So IMHO, you will need to move upwards.

By the way, why in the world did you buy Windows Vista Basic? As a RC1
beta tester, you should have known that Vista Basic is nothing more
than a marketing ploy to get people to buy Vista even though they have
bare bones hardware. Live and learn!

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The Traveller
Oceanside, California