- Feb 7, 2012
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So I have no idea what to do here. I installed Vista first (to an SSD) because my 7 disks are only upgrades. In fact, I installed 32 bit vista because the computer just sits there at a black screen when I try the 64 bit vista disk. From 32 bit vista, I can go to 32 bit 7 no problem. Trying to go from 32 bit anything to 64 bit anything, I get
so...WTF?
1. I need another license for 7, since my laptop has 8, and I hate it (plus, I took it to china, so I'm replacing the hard drive as the ultimate means of getting rid of all the malware the PLA no doubt loaded me up with, so two birds, one stone!). The laptop only has 4G, so 32 bit 7 wouldn't be the end of the world. Will a fresh install direct to 64 bit 7, as opposed to an upgrade from 32 bit, get around the error message above? If so, I can just do the vista to 7 dance on the laptop with the licenses I already have...
2. Why does my SSD have a partition? Is it safe to format the drive and delete it? Would that solve the problem? How do I do that when it has my OS on it? I vaguely remember doing that years ago...or was it decades? Might've been on the DX4-100...mabe not that long ago.
so...WTF?
1. I need another license for 7, since my laptop has 8, and I hate it (plus, I took it to china, so I'm replacing the hard drive as the ultimate means of getting rid of all the malware the PLA no doubt loaded me up with, so two birds, one stone!). The laptop only has 4G, so 32 bit 7 wouldn't be the end of the world. Will a fresh install direct to 64 bit 7, as opposed to an upgrade from 32 bit, get around the error message above? If so, I can just do the vista to 7 dance on the laptop with the licenses I already have...
2. Why does my SSD have a partition? Is it safe to format the drive and delete it? Would that solve the problem? How do I do that when it has my OS on it? I vaguely remember doing that years ago...or was it decades? Might've been on the DX4-100...mabe not that long ago.
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