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From: plod on 27 Feb 2010 16:00 I have recently upgraded Windows Vista Home Premium SP2 to Windows 7 Home Premium 32bit. My desktop has 3.37 GB usable RAM and I am now considering doing a clean install to 64 bit. Is this possible using the Microsoft upgrade CD, please? -- plod
From: Bobby Johnson on 27 Feb 2010 16:45 A clean install is the only way you can go from 32-bit to 64-bit. Boot with the 64-bit disc and let it find the current installation then delete the partition with 32-bit Win 7 and proceed from there. On 2010-02-27 16:00, plod wrote: > I have recently upgraded Windows Vista Home Premium SP2 to Windows 7 > Home Premium 32bit. > > My desktop has 3.37 GB usable RAM and I am now considering doing a clean > install to 64 bit. > > Is this possible using the Microsoft upgrade CD, please?
From: Agent_C on 27 Feb 2010 17:54 On Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:00:51 -0000, "plod" <me(a)privacy.net> wrote: >Is this possible using the Microsoft upgrade CD, please? The 32 and 64 bit versions are on different disks. Typically, a retail upgrade package will contain both. OEM versions however, typically only have one. You need to look at your disks. A_C
From: Charlie Russel - MVP on 28 Feb 2010 00:55 An upgrade disk that is 64-bit will allow you to do a clean install, yes. As others have pointed out, you may only have a 32-bit disk, or you may only have a license for 32-bit, you'll need to verify that. And you can't do an actual in place upgrade, but must do a clean installation because of the change in architecture. -- Charlie. http://msmvps.com/blogs/russel "plod" <me(a)privacy.net> wrote in message news:M8mdnWXec7ecFRTWnZ2dnUVZ8iadnZ2d(a)brightview.co.uk... >I have recently upgraded Windows Vista Home Premium SP2 to Windows 7 Home >Premium 32bit. > > My desktop has 3.37 GB usable RAM and I am now considering doing a clean > install to 64 bit. > > Is this possible using the Microsoft upgrade CD, please? > -- > plod
From: plod on 1 Mar 2010 08:37
Thanks all of you for your helpful replies. I used the retail 64-bit retail Home Premium upgrade disk to run a clean install without problem. -- plod "plod" <me(a)privacy.net> wrote in message news:M8mdnWXec7ecFRTWnZ2dnUVZ8iadnZ2d(a)brightview.co.uk... > I have recently upgraded Windows Vista Home Premium SP2 to Windows 7 Home > Premium 32bit. > > My desktop has 3.37 GB usable RAM and I am now considering doing a clean > install to 64 bit. > > Is this possible using the Microsoft upgrade CD, please? > -- > plod |