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From: Bill C on 22 Apr 2010 15:38 I bought a Dell notebook that came with 32-bit Windows Vista Home Premium. I took advantage of the $49.99 upgrade offer for 32-bit Windows 7 Home Premium. I want to switch to 64-bit Windows Home Premium (Adobe After Effects CS5 is 64-bit only). The Windows 7 box came with both 32-bit and 64-bit DVD's. Can I install the 64-bit version I already have, or must I first purchase a copy of 64-bit vista to do the upgrade?
From: Bobby Johnson on 22 Apr 2010 15:56 Since your package came with both 32-bit & 64-bit DVDs you may "upgrade" from 32-bit to 64-bit, but it will require a full clean install. There is no upgrade path from 32-bit to 64-bit and you may have to activate via telephone since your Product Key has already been activated with the 32-bit. You can migrate you data files and program setting using Windows Easy Transfer. I used this to upgrade my wife's computer from 32-bit XP Pro to Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit with a clean install. I was pleasantly surprised how well the Easy Transfer worked. You can customize what is included in the transfer also. On 2010-04-22 15:38, Bill C wrote: > I bought a Dell notebook that came with 32-bit Windows Vista Home > Premium. I took advantage of the $49.99 upgrade offer for 32-bit > Windows 7 Home Premium. I want to switch to 64-bit Windows Home > Premium (Adobe After Effects CS5 is 64-bit only). > > The Windows 7 box came with both 32-bit and 64-bit DVD's. Can I > install the 64-bit version I already have, or must I first purchase a > copy of 64-bit vista to do the upgrade? >
From: Jerry on 22 Apr 2010 16:15 Is the notebook even 64-bit capable? "Bill C" <mousepoop.com(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:30df2c92-48a0-4d0b-af0a-97fc46cc5aa2(a)x24g2000prc.googlegroups.com... >I bought a Dell notebook that came with 32-bit Windows Vista Home > Premium. I took advantage of the $49.99 upgrade offer for 32-bit > Windows 7 Home Premium. I want to switch to 64-bit Windows Home > Premium (Adobe After Effects CS5 is 64-bit only). > > The Windows 7 box came with both 32-bit and 64-bit DVD's. Can I > install the 64-bit version I already have, or must I first purchase a > copy of 64-bit vista to do the upgrade? >
From: James Kosin on 22 Apr 2010 16:58 On 4/22/2010 4:15 PM, Jerry wrote: > Is the notebook even 64-bit capable? > > "Bill C" <mousepoop.com(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > news:30df2c92-48a0-4d0b-af0a-97fc46cc5aa2(a)x24g2000prc.googlegroups.com... >> I bought a Dell notebook that came with 32-bit Windows Vista Home >> Premium. I took advantage of the $49.99 upgrade offer for 32-bit >> Windows 7 Home Premium. I want to switch to 64-bit Windows Home >> Premium (Adobe After Effects CS5 is 64-bit only). >> >> The Windows 7 box came with both 32-bit and 64-bit DVD's. Can I >> install the 64-bit version I already have, or must I first purchase a >> copy of 64-bit vista to do the upgrade? >> > > Jerry, Most newer ones are, however, it won't hurt to look-up the information. Information on the processor can be retrieved from the 'My Computer' 'Properties' or the 'System Properties'.... varies by OS. Intel Processors are here : http://www.intel.com search for the Intel number (on my system E4500) and look for supporting Intel� EM64T AMD is here: http://www.amd.com they are a bit more difficult, but try the search. I'm also pretty sure that the install will NOT continue if the processor is not 64-bit complaint. Microsoft and Intel state that the BIOS, motherboard and processor all have to be 64-bit compliant for the system to reach the expected performance. James
From: Bill C on 22 Apr 2010 20:18
On Apr 22, 1:15 pm, "Jerry" <ChiefZekeNoS...(a)MSN.com> wrote: > Is the notebook even 64-bit capable? > Yes. I had my choice of 32-bit or 64-bit Vista. I chose 32-bit (I had heard of some compatability issues with 64-bit windows). I wish Microsoft would make it easier to have systems with both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows installed. A single installation of Windows should do both and installed applications should be available to both as well. As it is now, if I want both, I need to install my applications twice, once for each version of Windows. |