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Birquah - 28 Nov 2006 22:01 GMT

Whenever I try to upgrade to Pro with SP2 from Home with SP1 I get an error
saying the installer cannot copy the file: akaasz7q.sys. Anyone know where
to get this file or what I should do?

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Andrew E. - 29 Nov 2006 00:20 GMT

Thier is no "upgrade" from home to pro,you need to perform a clean
install of pro.The upgrade is for older windows OS.

> Whenever I try to upgrade to Pro with SP2 from Home with SP1 I get an error
> saying the installer cannot copy the file: akaasz7q.sys. Anyone know where
> to get this file or what I should do?

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Birquah - 29 Nov 2006 00:31 GMT

Actually, there is an upgrade from Home with SP1 to Pro with SP2, the whole
thing is an upgrade. So, if anyone can actually help, that would be great.

> Thier is no "upgrade" from home to pro,you need to perform a clean
> install of pro.The upgrade is for older windows OS.
>
> > Whenever I try to upgrade to Pro with SP2 from Home with SP1 I get an error
> > saying the installer cannot copy the file: akaasz7q.sys. Anyone know where
> > to get this file or what I should do?

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Shenan Stanley - 29 Nov 2006 02:27 GMT

> Whenever I try to upgrade to Pro with SP2 from Home with SP1 I
> get an error saying the installer cannot copy the file:
> akaasz7q.sys. Anyone know where to get this file or what I
> should do?

Andrew E. wrote:

> Thier is no "upgrade" from home to pro,you need to perform a clean
> install of pro.The upgrade is for older windows OS.

> Actually, there is an upgrade from Home with SP1 to Pro with SP2,
> the whole thing is an upgrade. So, if anyone can actually help,
> that would be great.

Birquah,

You will have to excuse Andrew E.; he is 'special' - we think. From his
unorthodox posting stype to many incorrect answers - this is just another
fine example of Andrew E. being.... Andrew Eish... *grin*

As for the file.... "akaasz7q.sys"; my google search brings up nothing and I
have no such file on my system - so my suspicion is that you should cleanup
your machine some before trying to upgrade from Windows XP Home to Windows
XP Professional (which - BTW - is possible from any version of Windows XP
Home to a later service-pack'd version of Windows XP Professional and is one
of the easier/smoother of the upgrades for the end-user to handle...)

By cleanup - I mean uninstall unnecessary software, run a few antispyware
applications (3+) on your system, run a couple of full antivirus scans,
update your hardware drivers direct from each hardware component
manufacturer's web page (support --> downloads areas), make sure you have
all other operating system patches from http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/
and make sure all of your other applications have their latest patches from
the software's web support pages. Once you have done all that - backup your
important files (documents, pictures, favorites/bookmarks, installation
media, product keys, email, contacs and so on...) and run a full CHKDSK on
your system drive followed by a defragmentation BEFORE you reboot and then
start the upgrade from inside Windows XP.

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Shenan Stanley - 29 Nov 2006 02:29 GMT

Birquah wrote:

> Whenever I try to upgrade to Pro with SP2 from Home with SP1 I get
> an error saying the installer cannot copy the file: akaasz7q.sys.
> Anyone know where to get this file or what I should do?

> Thier is no "upgrade" from home to pro,you need to perform a clean
> install of pro.The upgrade is for older windows OS.

Andrew,

When you get one wrong (like this one) the first time - and it is proven to
you that it was the incorrect assumption - repeating it over and over does
not make it true.

Examples of your incorrect statement - over and over:
http://snipurl.com/s45j

The same answer I continue to give to prove to you that your assumption is
completely and totally false:

Andrew E. has been incorrect about this many times - but refuses (or perhaps
cannot comprehend) the fact that upgrading from Windows XP Home to Windows
Professional is supported and one of the easiest paths to follow.

Windows XP supported upgrade paths
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/292607

That article clearly shows a path from Windows XP Home Edition to Windows XP
Professional Edition..
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/292607#XSLTH3140121123120121120120

Even external (non-Microsoft sponsored) confirm this:

What are the supported upgrade paths to Windows XP?
http://www.jsifaq.com/subI/tip4300/rh4349.htm

It would be nice - if just once - you responded to a rebuttal of your
incorrect answer and told us why you believe what you believe.

Also - for the cut 'n paste incorrect answer - spell-check it at least. =)

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John John - 29 Nov 2006 12:27 GMT

I see your latest brain surgery also failed... The surgeon will
probably have to do a clean install of your brain but I doubt that it
will be usable for anything but stem functions.

John

> Thier is no "upgrade" from home to pro,you need to perform a clean
> install of pro.The upgrade is for older windows OS.
>
>>Whenever I try to upgrade to Pro with SP2 from Home with SP1 I get an error
>>saying the installer cannot copy the file: akaasz7q.sys. Anyone know where
>>to get this file or what I should do?

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