How to do an inplace upgrade vista

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Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. Online Anytime Upgrade is not available in all countries. All programs and files will stay on the computer, no disk is needed and it takes about 10 minutes. This will remove all your programs, but you can save your files and settings to an external storage before doing so.

After you've done the emergency repair process, the computer still doesn't operate normally. In this situation, you may want to do a repair or in-place upgrade of the existing installation. It takes the same amount of time to do the upgrade as to reinstall the operating system.

Also, some of your customized Windows settings may be lost through this process. A repair installation will restore the current Windows installation to the version of the installation DVD. It also requires the installation of all updates that aren't included on the installation DVD. A repair installation won't damage files and applications that are currently installed on your computer. Windows 11 will restart your device several times, and lead you to the lock screen. Depending on the options you set, it will keep all your files, apps, and user accounts.

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