interesting dave wish they told me that before have to duplicate all again and upgrade again as i didnt backup :eek::eek::eek:

has anyone tried 4.2.4 beta 1?

cant get to grip with the guide atm so not sure how i can so it

When you re-attempt this be sure to:

- Disable all old 3.x mods.
- If vBSEO is installed, remove it completely. This mod may prevent a cloned i.e. test site from being made, I've seen odd issues with vBSEO more so when removing it or making changes.

*Also note: This should be a cloned copy of the backup, if it goes well then you can use it as live site otherwise live site is still up and running in 3.x format. Do not work on a live site ever and so far seems you knew not to do that - what they meant was it failed this time so you must repeat process using new copy of database (because old copy you had is now outdated by a few days, even if you did get it to work it would be old data and missing all new members, threads, and posts from the live site) so with that said, you must run another backup and try to upgrade that not the old one you had issues with. *I would make one new good backup, then use it as much as possible until you have it upgraded properly, then you will know every issue you ran into and how to fix - that is when you close the live 3.x site, run a final backup then upgrade it and fix all the errors you know will come up becuase you already cloned this and upgrade a "temporary" clone site to ensure it worked properly.

If you do not disable the old mods issues can arise. I've also seen attachments and css stored as files act oddly, usually reversing how it stores either before upgrading sorts the issue then you can simply switch back to the previous storage method after the upgrade completes.