W500 Windows 7 64 Bit Upgrade Misery :(

My work required that I upgrade to a 64 bit Windows 7.  My W500 was from 9/09.  Never had any issues with it but needed to upgrade.
Holy 2 days of hell.  Upgraded to Windows 7 and have had nothing but nightmares.
Is there a "smooth" path to install Windows 7 64 bit on a W500 from a couple years ago?
Almost every program I try to install, the installer hangs...  Every restart ends with a system hang.  Any suggestions will be incredibly appreciated.

I can second the conclusion that, when installing and updating all the Lenovo drivers and programs for the first time after a bare Windows 7 installation or a factory image restore, it's best to download and install all the the drivers and programs manually, starting with the bios update, the basic chipset and hardware drivers. The System Update program does not seem to get everything installed correctly in the case of such a massive initial update.
The "Driver Matrix" pages for your particular Lenovo machine on the Lenovo Support web site make the downloading reasonably efficient. (Don't forget the "Windows 7 Thinkvantage Experience" package (or whatever it's called), as well as the latest version of Lenovo Enhanced Backup and Restore).
There are some sequencing isssues, meaning that some things have to be installed before others--be prepared to download and read the text notice that accompanies each component to get this sequencing right. (I think this is where the System Update program falls over.) Disable Windows Update while you are doing this! You'll be rebooting the machine a million times, but do it each time an installer want to do it.
Some sequencing tips are given on Lenovo Support's advice for Windows 7 Clean Installation.
Once you've done that, System Update will function quite nicely to pick up future updates.
The final steps are to reenable Windows Update, check for and install all relevant Windows updates, including the optional Windows 7 system stability and program compatibility updates.
If you choose, now install all your major software packages (office suites, etc.) and update them to the most recent level. Verify that everything works.
Oh, once you've done all this labour, use Lenovo "Enhanced Backup & Restore" to create a set of DVD restore discs with the full image of the system you have just spent so much time creating! If you are as crazy as I am, you will then use those same discs immediately to zap your current system drive and verify that the backup discs really do work. Then I make the first "baseline" backup to my external USB drive, and go through the same zap & restore routine. (As I said, I am crazy...)
Realistically, this belt+suspenders approach will take a whole afternoon, but you only have to do it once, and you are then certain that if your pants do fall down, you can quickly put on a new pair...

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