Waylander Posted July 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 How do I upgrade a VM install on Parallels? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasdrury Posted July 30, 2015 Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 On 7/30/2015 at 12:45 PM, Waylander said: Paul even my netbook managed to meet the requirements. For my Home Premium Laptop I had to install about a zillion updates and Lo! The icon was there. I did have to run check for updates a few times I am now about to pick Mac's brains and good nature to try to get an inplace upgrade to a Pro/Ultimate version of Windows 7 so I can have the Pro version of Win 7 on the laptop. I'd upgrade to Win 10 home and then buy the pro pack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waylander Posted July 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 Why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasdrury Posted July 30, 2015 Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 On 7/30/2015 at 12:52 PM, Waylander said: Why? Sorry, just looked it up, you can inplace upgrade win7, never realised you could! I guess it depends on cost the Win 10 Pro Pack is $99, not sure how much the Win7 anytime upgrade is... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted July 30, 2015 Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 1 hour 15 mins start to finish. Time to play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waylander Posted August 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2015 (edited) I've given up for now I tried to upgrade via the Media Tool iso method on my netbook. I set the language to UK and US English on separate occasions; disabled Windows Defender Selective startup Every time despite this I get the prompt that display language will be reset and the install fails at 10% (the 2 might not be related but basically I can't work out why the install keeps failing) Edited August 3, 2015 by Waylander Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 When OSX is upgraded I click a button and half an hour later I'm back to work as usual. Oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_Bangle Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 OSX works because it's on standardised (and overpriced hardware) hardware platform. Although certain features are only supported on post 2012 / 2011 models ... blah blah blah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 On 8/3/2015 at 8:17 AM, NewNiceMrMe said: When OSX is upgraded I click a button and half an hour later I'm back to work as usual. Oh well. The complexity of the two isn't even close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 On 8/3/2015 at 8:25 AM, Andy_Bangle said: OSX works because it's on standardised (and overpriced hardware) hardware platform. Although certain features are only supported on post 2012 / 2011 models ... blah blah blah Overpriced? I think not. You always get it back in the residuals. Time and time again. Oh and the main thing I'm bothered about are the first two words in your post - "OSX works...". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 *throws 'Android is better' comment into argument for no real reason* 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_Bangle Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 On 8/3/2015 at 8:33 AM, NewNiceMrMe said: You always get it back in the residuals. Time and time again. No Mac does when he sells them to you 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 On 8/3/2015 at 9:06 AM, Andy_Bangle said: No Mac does when he sells them to you I haven't bought anything from him in over 3 years! Come to think of it, everything we've bought in the last 3 years has been brand new and my own Macbook Pro is now 18 months old. Seriously though, you do get astonishingly good residuals on them and I was only mentioning OSX because I knew it'd provoke a response. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 Windows works. If it didn't, the world wouldn't be running on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waylander Posted August 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 And of course Facebook doesn't go into meltdown with every iOS update. Anyway - it'd almost be remiss to have a MS OS thread without the standard Apple refrain Will see if trying again using a purely x32 iso from a different source and via usb rather than dvd works..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waylander Posted August 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 On 8/3/2015 at 9:27 AM, Mac said: Windows works. If it didn't, the world wouldn't be running on it. Mac, A_B this is where I have taken the other iso from ' http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/techbench Keeps failing at 18% no matter what I do using the media tool iso on dvd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 On 8/3/2015 at 9:37 AM, Waylander said: And of course Facebook doesn't go into meltdown with every iOS update. Anyway - it'd almost be remiss to have a MS OS thread without the standard Apple refrain Will see if trying again using a purely x32 iso from a different source and via usb rather than dvd works..... The only Facebook users who go into meltdown about an iOS update are all called Bazza. Fact. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_Bangle Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 On 8/3/2015 at 9:52 AM, Waylander said: Mac, A_B this is where I have taken the other iso from ' http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/techbench Keeps failing at 18% no matter what I do using the media tool iso on dvd Sure your hardware is compatible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waylander Posted August 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 I have the icon on the taskbar and it passes all the tests and actually starts to install..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 I'm very happy with the ease of the update and how it's been working over the last 3 days. In fact my father asked me today whether he should or not. On the basis that it'd be me sorting it out if it goes wrong against the benefits of Win10 I told him to go for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waylander Posted August 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 Picture yourself getting a friendly cuff around the head from me with that post, appended with "Bastad" 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waylander Posted August 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 Google suggests failing at 18% is a driver issue.Will try the fix posted up to get round the Surface Pro 3 failing at 18% and see how I get on tonight.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_Bangle Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 On 8/3/2015 at 3:27 PM, Waylander said: Google suggests failing at 18% is a driver issue. Will try the fix posted up to get round the Surface Pro 3 failing at 18% and see how I get on tonight.... See, told you it was h/w related. Always is with win ... A missing dll flecks everything up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 On 8/3/2015 at 3:27 PM, Waylander said: Google suggests failing at 18% is a driver issue. So now you're blaming it all on Tipex? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waylander Posted August 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 Perhaps counting my chickens, but I might have cracked it. On a whim I reset my BCD, and tried again using the iso from the link above which is in US English language and it has reached 50% so far. Sods law will mean as I haven't set "boot from usb" in the bios it will feck up later but so far so good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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