Upgrade from 32 bit vista to 64 bit windows 7

I then tried to reboot the computer. The machine never rebooted again. All I see is the fans and I can hear the hard disk spinning but that's it. I don't recall doing anything else. Here are the specs and thank you for your support.

Search In. Upgrading from bit Vista to bit Windows 7. Share More sharing options Followers 0. Prev 1 2 Next Page 1 of 2. Recommended Posts. Crazysah Posted January 10, Posted January 10, Hello guys Is there any problem in upgrading from Windows Vista bit to Windows 7 bit? Thanks Crazysah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options ThreeLies Posted January 10, That should be no problem as long as you have a x64 cpu, which I assume you know.

You need to do a clean install. Greenstein Posted January 10, Thirtythree Posted January 10, Crazysah Posted January 11, Posted January 11, Thanks a lot guys. I guess I will do a clean install of the bit version. Brandon Posted January 11, The upgrade from vista HP 64 bit to 7 ultimate 64 bit did not work. It is easy to uninstall Windows 7 and get rid of it right? Just pop in the vista disk and reinstall.

Just make sure to backup your data :. Thirtythree Posted January 11, Do I have to load drivers for all my hardware, like optical drives, sound cards ect?

Saturday, January 30, PM. Generally when the word 'upgrade' is used in the context it means an "In-place" upgrade. When it cannot be used a "Clean Install" must be done. Programs, apps, software must be reloaded. Even when supported paths are involved a clean install is the more recommended approach To do a clean install the choice "Custom Install" is selected from the Win7 disc. IF, your hardware supports a bit platform the only way 32 can be changed to 64 is by a clean install.

Going cross-platform is one of those "Unsupported Paths", cannot be done as an Upgrade. Get back to me if you want more details or anything. Computer Issues. Given the advice above, what I would like to do is a clean install onto a fresh hard disk, so I can keep my old Vista available to help with locating and migrating my programs. Is that possible, and if so what are the recommended steps? Will this work with an upgrade version? I guess I could reinstall Vista or XP onto the fresh disk I still have both and then custom install over that.

Just not sure whether the Windows 7 install procedure gives you contorl over where the installation is placed. Thursday, February 18, PM. In order to do that you'd have to use a full license not an upgrade license. When you use an upgrade license the OS that qualifies you for the upgrade no longer has a license as long as the upgrade is installed. In order to legally use the older OS you'd have to uninstall the newer OS.

With a full license it's easy. Boot from the DVD and make sure you install to the correct partition. Windows 7 will automatically set up a dual boot. Give the Vista partition a name before you start the Windows 7 install. The drive letters will be different depending which OS you boot to.

If you name the partitions it'll be obvious which is which. Friday, February 19, AM. If not, then it appears you're just being a bully. Saturday, April 24, PM. There is so much good information here, but there is aloways a troublemaker in every crowd. Tuesday, July 20, PM.

Should not have such distractions taking up space; be it this 'thread' or others in this forum You demanded "data to back up your statement.

Saturday, August 20, AM. Thank you! Such comments as "If not, then it appears you're just being a bully. Computer Issues Pres. To check driver eg: graphics and sound cards compatibility, you can go to device manufacturer support website and see if you can find bit versions of the drivers.

After checking these compatibility, you may already know if your computer is compatible with Windows 7 bit system. If it is, please continue to see below and learn how to upgrade Windows 7 32 bit to 64 bit without losing data.

Backing up files to an external hard drive is a necessary way to ensure you can perform Windows 7 32 bit upgrade to 64 bit without losing data. By using it, you can enable its File Backup feature to backup any files or folders you want to an image file and save it to any storage device, such as, external hard drive, USB flash drive, network drive, cloud drive, NAS, etc.

Then, you can restore files from backup after upgrading Windows 7 32 bit to Windows 7 64 bit. In addition, you can still use it to continuously protect data in Windows 7 64 bit. But as time goes by, you will have more and more backups, eventually resulting in backup disk full issue. In this case, you can use its incremental backup feature to backup only changed files, which greatly improves this issue. Then, please download this software to a have a try! Also, an external hard drive with enough disk space is required to store backup images.

Click Add Folder or Add Files to select what you want to backup. Then, click the folder-shaped button to select the external hard drive as backup destination. Confirm this operation and click Start Backup to backup files to external hard drive in Windows 7. To ensure Windows 7 32 bit can be upgraded to 64 bit, you need an installation media for assistance.

Therefore, please create an installation media for Windows first, and then clean install bit operating system with given steps. To create Windows 7 installation media, you need to prepare the following three things first. If you do not have it, you can download it from Microsoft Store. It's used to save your ISO image files. If you have trouble activating Windows 7 you can call Microsoft to activate by doing the following:. With Windows running click Start, then in the Search box type: slui.

Select the Phone Activation option, then call the number given and hold for a real person. I have a new computer, from my previous I have windows vista 32 bit and a widows 7 upgrade. I want to use 64 bit Windows 7, but I can only upgrade to the 32 bit version from 32 bit vista and have to clean instal the 64 bit version of 7.

When I do that I have authentication problems. How can I upgrade from the 32 bit vista to 64 bit 7? Thanks original title: Upgrade question. This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread.

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