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Hard Disk Formatted With NTFS File System: Method 1

The document provides two methods for upgrading Windows if the hard disk is formatted with NTFS and an earlier version of Windows was installed. Method 1 involves modifying registry keys by loading a backup hive to remove filters that may be causing errors. Method 2 installs Windows on another partition if Registry Editor cannot be started, then modifies the registry of the original installation.

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Hard Disk Formatted With NTFS File System: Method 1

The document provides two methods for upgrading Windows if the hard disk is formatted with NTFS and an earlier version of Windows was installed. Method 1 involves modifying registry keys by loading a backup hive to remove filters that may be causing errors. Method 2 installs Windows on another partition if Registry Editor cannot be started, then modifies the registry of the original installation.

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Hard disk formatted with NTFS file system

If the hard disk is formatted with the NTFS file system and you are upgrading an earlier version of
Windows, use one of the following methods.
Method 1
Important This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry.
However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure
that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it.
Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and
restore the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge
Base:
322756 How to back up and restore the registry in Windows
1. When you receive the error message, press SHIFT+F10 to start a command session.
2. Type regedit.exe, and then press ENTER.
3. Click HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.
4. On the File menu, click Load Hive, and then load %Windir%\System32\Config\System.sav.
5. When you are prompted to specify a name, type Test.
6. Locate and then click the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Test\ControlSet1\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-080
02BE10318}
7. Delete the UPPERFILTERS and LOWERFILTERS registry keys.
8. Repeat steps 6 and 7 for the other ControlSet# keys under the Test hive.
9. Click File, and then click Exit to quit Registry Editor.
10. If the path in the error message is the correct drive letter for the CD-ROM drive, click OK to
continue the Setup program.
11. If you receive the error message again, the Setup program cannot correctly read from the CD-
ROM drive, or the path information is incorrect. In this case, restart your computer and let the
Setup program resume.
Method 2
If you cannot start Regedit.exe at the command prompt, and there is another available partition where
you can install Windows on the hard disk, follow these steps:
1. Install Windows in the other partition.
2. Start the new installation of Windows, and then start Regedit.exe.
3. Follow the steps in method 1, but load the System.sav hive from the original Windows folder.

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