That Chilean Guy wrote:
snip
(otoh, OP was asking for it by doing an in-place upgrade instead of a
clean-wipe reinstall... I'll let you guys know how's my Win7 experience in a
few days).

This.

I never, never do an "Upgrade". If its time for me to move to a new OS,
then its time for me to wipe the machine.

Mike in Texas <hereand... at (no spam) here.com> wrote:



That Chilean Guy wrote:
McPeart <m... at (no spam) mac.com> wrote:
In article <ahchr6-rmu.... at (no spam) despair.pu239.ru>, That Chilean Guy
j.a.gonz... at (no spam) gooooooooglemail.com> wrote:

John Nichel <jnichel at (no spam) no_spamby-tor.com> wrote:
McPeart wrote:
In article <hc4ov4$sa... at (no spam) aioe.org>, Mike in Texas <hereand... at (no spam) here..com
wrote:

Got my laptop in a continuous boot/shutdown/reboot loop - stating that
install was not successful. Off to the market to get it fixed. $$

I hope I don't go the way of Snoop.
Mike,
Sorry to hear about the Broken Promises :)

http://www.apple.com/getamac/ads/

"Trust me,  this time it is going to be different, Trust me"
Is that what Apple tells you whenever there's an "upgrade" to your OS?

--
Cause Lord knows that Apple has never screwed the pooch on one of those.
My brother was going to show me how awesome OsX is but I logged into his
visitor account before he could... oopsie!
I will be the first to admit that Snowy Leopard is far from bug free.  
I have had my fair share of annoying quirks since upgrading...  
Nothing as severe as a reboot loop but the migration to 64 bit has its
challenges.  Besides, who would ever use a guest account anyway :O

1.- Did the reboot loop mean information loss to you? Because information loss
_is_ the worst that can happen.
2.- I, for one, don't have an account at my parent's, my brother's, or my
in-laws computers, and don't want one. That's what the guest account is
for.

(otoh, OP was asking for it by doing an in-place upgrade instead of a
clean-wipe reinstall... I'll let you guys know how's my Win7 experience in a
few days).

If I recall correctly, it went well when I installed XP way back when.
I do take some responsibility, but from what I've read, I'm not the only
victim.

Sorry your install went so fucked up.

That's why I gots me a full drive image of my old xp install before I try
win7.

That Chilean Guy wrote:
McPeart <mrf at (no spam) mac.com> wrote:
In article <ahchr6-rmu.ln1 at (no spam) despair.pu239.ru>, That Chilean Guy
j.a.gonz.al at (no spam) gooooooooglemail.com> wrote:

John Nichel <jnichel at (no spam) no_spamby-tor.com> wrote:
McPeart wrote:
In article <hc4ov4$sa2$1 at (no spam) aioe.org>, Mike in Texas <hereandnow at (no spam) here.com
wrote:

Got my laptop in a continuous boot/shutdown/reboot loop - stating that
install was not successful. Off to the market to get it fixed. $$

I hope I don't go the way of Snoop.
Mike,
Sorry to hear about the Broken Promises :)

http://www.apple.com/getamac/ads/

"Trust me, this time it is going to be different, Trust me"
Is that what Apple tells you whenever there's an "upgrade" to your OS?

--
Cause Lord knows that Apple has never screwed the pooch on one of those.
My brother was going to show me how awesome OsX is but I logged into his
visitor account before he could... oopsie!
I will be the first to admit that Snowy Leopard is far from bug free.
I have had my fair share of annoying quirks since upgrading...
Nothing as severe as a reboot loop but the migration to 64 bit has its
challenges. Besides, who would ever use a guest account anyway :O

1.- Did the reboot loop mean information loss to you? Because information loss
_is_ the worst that can happen.
2.- I, for one, don't have an account at my parent's, my brother's, or my
in-laws computers, and don't want one. That's what the guest account is
for.

(otoh, OP was asking for it by doing an in-place upgrade instead of a
clean-wipe reinstall... I'll let you guys know how's my Win7 experience in a
few days).


If I recall correctly, it went well when I installed XP way back when.
I do take some responsibility, but from what I've read, I'm not the only
victim.

Mike wrote:
Mike in Texas wrote:
Got my laptop in a continuous boot/shutdown/reboot loop - stating that
install was not successful. Off to the market to get it fixed. $$

I hope I don't go the way of Snoop.

Been running 7 for about 3 months now. Not a single problem here.
Best upgrade I ever made from Vista :)


LOL.

Yeah - I've *heard* it's pretty good. :/

I did some research prior to attempting the upgrade (not the clean
install) and I didn't hear of any problems. I also downloaded and ran
the diagnostic to make sure my laptop was - well, worthy I guess.

So I ran with it.

I'll get my laptop back (hopefully) with a clean install and ... well,
here's hoping. (fingers crossed)

Mike in Texas <hereandnow at (no spam) here.com> wrote:
Mike wrote:
Mike in Texas wrote:
Got my laptop in a continuous boot/shutdown/reboot loop - stating that
install was not successful. Off to the market to get it fixed. $$

I hope I don't go the way of Snoop.
Been running 7 for about 3 months now. Not a single problem here.
Best upgrade I ever made from Vista :)

LOL.

Yeah - I've *heard* it's pretty good. :/

I did some research prior to attempting the upgrade (not the clean
install) and I didn't hear of any problems. I also downloaded and ran
the diagnostic to make sure my laptop was - well, worthy I guess.

So I ran with it.

I'll get my laptop back (hopefully) with a clean install and ... well,
here's hoping. (fingers crossed)


Cue Michael Jackson's "you are not alone":
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9139991/Windows_7_endless_reboot_answer_evades_Microsoft