Dear community,
I recently build my first computer. I lost my previous windows 7 dvd a couple of years ago while moving. Yesterday I went to the store to buy windows 8 (or 7) and to my surprise they only sell upgrades. Since I need a clean install I have been reading up on buying and downloading the ISO file which I can then put on a USB to create a bootable usb key (or dvd). Since my system is using 8GB of ram I'm looking for the 64 bit version. The issue is it's not functioning because I'm using a 32 bit system to do all of this from. Would it be possible to burn the 64bit os ISO file to a DVD from my 32 bit os? Will it boot automatically? And can I use an external dvd player/writer for this? Is there absolutely no way I could create a bootable USB key with the 64 bit os iso on it?
I'm getting quite desperate. It's truly amazing how difficult the most basic things get.
Thank you!
I recently build my first computer. I lost my previous windows 7 dvd a couple of years ago while moving. Yesterday I went to the store to buy windows 8 (or 7) and to my surprise they only sell upgrades. Since I need a clean install I have been reading up on buying and downloading the ISO file which I can then put on a USB to create a bootable usb key (or dvd). Since my system is using 8GB of ram I'm looking for the 64 bit version. The issue is it's not functioning because I'm using a 32 bit system to do all of this from. Would it be possible to burn the 64bit os ISO file to a DVD from my 32 bit os? Will it boot automatically? And can I use an external dvd player/writer for this? Is there absolutely no way I could create a bootable USB key with the 64 bit os iso on it?
I'm getting quite desperate. It's truly amazing how difficult the most basic things get.
Thank you!