Help in going from 32 to 64bit Window7

[Phil2112]

Just got win7,was running XP 32 bit home edtion,,I put the window 7 64 bit disk in and a message said not compatable with my system.I have installed Windows 7 32 bit and it runs fine.Is there anyway I could go to 64 bit?.Could format my hard drive then load Win 7 64?.The windows advisor says my system can run 64 bit.My system is,Q6600 (overclocked to 3.2),Asus P5Q motherboard,ATI 4850 512,4Gb ram.Thanks guys

 

[Raumarik]

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...FamilyID=1b544e90-7659-4bd9-9e51-2497c146af15

Used the compatibility checker, it might well tell you WHY it says it's having a hissy fit. I've got that motherboard and it works fine, on latest BIOS though. I can't see any other reason it'd spit the dummy.

If Windows 7 32 bit is working fine then you should be able to install 64 bit on that system, but I think it has to be a clean install, not an upgrade.

 

[Phil2112]

Hi Kami,thanks for replying,I have run the windows checker and the only hardware issue is my graphics adapter wont supports windows Aero but that is in both 32 and 64 bit mode,other than that my hardware checks out fine,When you say a clean install do you mean formatting my hard drive first then loading Win 7?,,sorry for the dumb questions!!!!!

 

[Reality|Bites]

If your HDD is partitioned, boot from cd and format your 2nd partition and install win7 onto it. that's what I did.


So if Win7 goes **** up I can always fall back to XP if I don't fancy doing a reinstall at that very moment.

 

[theheyes]

If you're trying to actually launch the installer from within Windows you won't be able to - you can't upgrade from 32 bit to 64 bit. You need to leave the disc in the machine, reboot and then boot straight from the disc.

Back up first obviously.

 

[Memphis]

As theheyes has said, you need to launch a clean install by booting from the 64bit DVD. It is not possible to do an in-place upgrade from a 32bit OS to a 64bit OS.