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Author Topic: windows 7 32bit to 64bit  (Read 4912 times)

covlad1987

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windows 7 32bit to 64bit
« on: March 27, 2012, 12:54:11 PM »

i want to upgrade from windows 7 32bit and want to get windows7 64bit i take it il have to format the drive ? ?
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HPsauce

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Re: windows 7 32bit to 64bit
« Reply #1 on: March 27, 2012, 01:04:34 PM »

By formatting do you mean a "clean install", because the answer is "yes".
You can't "upgrade" from 32-bit to 64-bit.

So you'll need to back up your data and reinstate afterwards, plus reinstall all programs you need.
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covlad1987

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Re: windows 7 32bit to 64bit
« Reply #2 on: March 27, 2012, 01:08:05 PM »

By formatting do you mean a "clean install", because the answer is "yes".
You can't "upgrade" from 32-bit to 64-bit.

So you'll need to back up your data and reinstate afterwards, plus reinstall all programs you need.

thankyou i thought that would be the case
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