Vista 32 bit and 64 bit

cje · 5 Feb 2009 at 17:21

A little history, my HDD crashed as some of you might know by now. I've got a second HDD and a new copy of vista 64 bit.

Is it possible to have 32 bit on one drive and the 64 bit on the other drive? What I want to do is try out my overclock settings using 32 bit, then when I've found stability I can just use 64 bit safely without buggering up my install. Like I've already done with the current one

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Brian Stuart · 5 Feb 2009 at 17:45

Should be OK as long as both copies have their own product key. Not sure if the boot manager may get confused but it is worth a go.

cje · 5 Feb 2009 at 17:55

Well, Ill install 32 bit tonight and use Acronis. Then tomorrow Ill see if it'll work. Both are home premium, one 32 bit and one 64 bit.

cje · 5 Feb 2009 at 18:14

You guys think it's worth me installing 64 bit at all? I've already got 32 bit, is there a great advantage in running 64 bit, especially with the dawn of windows 7. Or should I just send the box back unopened?

Strife212 · 5 Feb 2009 at 18:21

Definately run in 64 bit, if I were you I wouldn't bother with the 32 bit at all, bad overclocks dont often trash the OS, most of the time the OS will just not load.

cje · 5 Feb 2009 at 18:26

Well, it was a bad overclock, it ran fine when it was "warm" but cold boots always ended in a bsod. The OS didn't load at all. This happened 2 days ago, so I reinstalled, got a bsod this morning, same problem, froze in the same place. I'm currently reformatting the old drive in another pc.