As much as Microsoft perfected Windows 7 in order to deliver an as smooth-as-possible experience, fact of the matter is that the company couldn’t cover all possible scenarios. This despite the extremely large Beta testing pool, which grew to over eight million participants, according to the software giant. An illustrative example in this context is the perpetual reboot loop in which Windows 7 can be thrown by failed upgrades from Windows Vista. “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",” Microsoft explained.
Windows 7 is designed to roll-back the changes introduced in the upgrade attempt should the process fail. But of course, there are exceptions to every rule, and this is precisely such a case. “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,” the company added.
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