Problems with the upgrade from Windows Vista to Windows 7 error

I try to upgrade Vista Business 32-bit Windows 7 Home Premium, but I get an error at the beginning of the installation message saying "Windows could not retrieve information about the disks on this computer.  After clicking on the close button, its takes me back to the opening screen.   Its a laptop with 3 GB of RAM.  The program compatibility tells that should work, can anyone help?

Are you trying to upgrade Vista while it is running or are you boot from the Windows 7 DVD? Note: Windows 7 Home Premium requires an installation "Custom"and clean up as there is no path inplace upgrade (see below).»

Windows 7 system requirements: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/products/system-requirements
1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x 86) or 64-bit (x 64) processor
1 gigabyte (GB) of RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
16 GB of disk space available (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)
(Note: 16 GB is a strict minimum and unrealistic, suggests at least 32 GB or more)
Graphical device DirectX 9 with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver

Windows 7 upgrade paths
Microsoft has released a downloadable document from MS word with a list of paths to upgrade to Windows 7.
http://www.Microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=e170eba1-5bab-401F-bbf5-00f0ee7fe0fb

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Windows 7 upgrade paths
http://TechNet.Microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd772579%28WS.10%29.aspx

Decrypt Windows 7 upgrades: the official rankings
http://mossblog.AllThingsD.com/20090804/deciphering-Windows-7-upgrades-the-official-chart/
(Save the graphic, and then open it using a photo editing software or Viewer to expand to a size more readable)

Which is right for you?
http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/products/compare

List feature that provides each edition of Windows 7:
http://www.SevenForums.com/tutorials/14422-compare-Windows-7-editions.html

Windows 7 Professional upgrade - Vista owners: be aware that the upgrade to Windows 7 Professional can be used only to perform a upgrade in place for computers that have Vista Business Edition. Unfortunately there is no indication on the box or retail in the EULA/license restrictions of invalid paths to upgrade to Windows 7 Professional.
http://www.PAGESTART.com/windows7proupgade.html

Users of Vista Home Basic, your choice of upgrade is: Windows 7 Home Basic Edition, Premium 7 or 7 Ultimate
Users of Vista Home Premium, is your choice of upgrade: Windows 7 Home Premium or Ultimate 7

Users of Vista Business, your choice of upgrade is: Windows 7 Professional, Ultimate or Enterprise

Users of Vista Enterprise: only one way of upgrading that is: Windows 7 Enterprise
Vista Ultimate users: once again as a way of upgrading that is: Windows 7 Ultimate.

J W Stuart: http://www.pagestart.com

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