When attempting to upgrade from Windows Vista or Windows 7 to Windows 7 the upgrade attempt may fail and display this message:

The upgrade was not successful.
Your previous version of windows is being restored.
Do not restart your computer during this time.

However, when the system restarts it does not roll back to the previous version of Windows, continues with the upgrade and fails with the same message again. This occurs repeatedly and the process is stuck in a loop.

When attempting to upgrade from Windows Vista or Windows 7 to Windows 7 the upgrade attempt may fail and display this message:

“The upgrade was not successful.

Your previous version of windows is being restored.

Do not restart your computer during this time.”

However, when the system restarts it does not roll back to the previous version of Windows, continues with the upgrade and fails with the same message again. This occurs repeatedly and the process is stuck in a loop.

When attempting to upgrade from Windows Vista to Windows 7 the upgrade attempt may fail with the message “This version of Windows could not be installed, Your previous version of Windows has been restored, and you can continue to use it.” However, the next reboot of the machine will launch the upgrade process again only to fail with the same message.

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Looks like some SP1 upgraders are having problems, namely an endless reboot loop. Thankfully my upgrade on my 64-bit system went smoothly. Keep reading →

The information in this article applies to the following configuration(s):

• Catalyst Control Center
• Radeonâ„¢ X1600 series
• Radeonâ„¢ X1550 series
• Radeonâ„¢ X1300 series
• Windows Vista 32-bit Edition
• Windows Vista 64-bit Edition
• Windows XP Professional
• Windows XP Home Edition
• Windows XP Media Center Edition
• Windows XP Professional x64 Edition

Symptoms:
The SuperAA values found in the Catalyst Control Center->All Setting->3D aspect page are reset to zero when system is reboot

The information in this article applies to the following configuration(s):

• Radeonâ„¢ X1950 series
• Radeonâ„¢ X1900 series
• Radeonâ„¢ X1800 series
• Windows Vista 32-bit Edition
• Windows Vista 64-bit Edition

Symptoms:
Disabling Crossfire makes aspect disappear and displays an “incompatible Display Adapter” message. Upon reboot, aspect appears again

The information in this article applies to the following configuration(s):

• Catalyst Control Center
• Catalyst Display Driver 6.11
• Radeon® X1300 series
• Windows Vista

Symptoms
During Driver Uninstallation, the screen remains blank until rebooting; the driver is uninstalled after rebooting.

The information in this article applies to the following configuration(s):

• Mobility Radeon X1800
• Windows Vista 32bit Edition
• Windows Vista 64bit Edition

Symptoms:
Graphics Adapter dropdown menu is cut off after changing font size (DPI) from 96 to 120 and rebooting

The information in this article applies to the following configuration(s):

• Catalyst Display Driver 7.2
• Radeon® X1950XT 256MB
• Windows Vista 32-bit Edition
• Windows Vista 64-bit Edition

Symptoms:
When using a Radeon X1950XT 256MB (commonly, but not limited to graphics cards by Sapphire and Powercolor) graphics card in Windows Vista, the system will reboot when starting 3D applications.