Advice on switching from 32-bit to 64-bit Win 7?

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Pernixum

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Hi, I recently had a new computer built, with Windows 7 32-bit on it. I noticed that it only addressed 4gb of the 8gb RAM in my machine. I did some research and have decided to upgrade to 64-bit.

I'm wondering if this means I'll have to reinstall all my games and programs (120gb or more in downloads) or if I can just do a reinstall, with files remaining on current hard drive, or if I will have to move it all over and copy it back on.

PC specs:
Intel i5-4440 @3.1 ghz
8GB RAM
Nvidia Geforce 660 Ti
Win7 Home Basic 32-bit.

Thanks in advance!
 
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Pernixum

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Ergh. Alright. D'you think programmes would work if I just dumped the hard drive onto an external, did a clean install, then dumped them back on? I don't mind if a few don't, but for the larger majority would that work?
 
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Spectre694

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No they way 64bit windows handles the install, registry and location of the files is different from 32bit they will have to be reinstalled from the installers.
 
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