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Accidentally Upgrading 64 Bit WIndows in 32 bit machine

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August 16, 2014 5:12:40 PM

HELP!! I accidentally installed 64 bit windows 7 on a 32 bit machine! What problems will it cause? I'm very worried! :( 

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August 16, 2014 5:17:54 PM

You'd be hard pressed to find a couple these days that couldn't run a 64 bit OS. Your main problem is going to be if you intended to "upgrade" your OS, the old OS is completely incompatible with the new one so its going to make a new install from scratch. You should be able to find a Windows.old file that has all your old documents if you need them.
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August 16, 2014 5:23:50 PM

hunter315 said:
You'd be hard pressed to find a couple these days that couldn't run a 64 bit OS. Your main problem is going to be if you intended to "upgrade" your OS, the old OS is completely incompatible with the new one so its going to make a new install from scratch. You should be able to find a Windows.old file that has all your old documents if you need them.

My Laptop is screwed, all that remains is a black screen, my mother tried to reinstall it from scratch but accidentally used a 64 bit disc. Is it possible to get the hard drive out of there and put the surviving documents on my other computer?
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August 16, 2014 5:28:29 PM

Huh? None of my other laptops turn on. What is going on?!
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August 16, 2014 6:36:22 PM

bolt853 said:
hunter315 said:
You'd be hard pressed to find a couple these days that couldn't run a 64 bit OS. Your main problem is going to be if you intended to "upgrade" your OS, the old OS is completely incompatible with the new one so its going to make a new install from scratch. You should be able to find a Windows.old file that has all your old documents if you need them.

My Laptop is screwed, all that remains is a black screen, my mother tried to reinstall it from scratch but accidentally used a 64 bit disc. Is it possible to get the hard drive out of there and put the surviving documents on my other computer?


If it was installed from scratch then there are no "surviving documents" as a scratch install reformat's the drive (wipes the drive clean..) all you can do is try to boot the laptop with the proper windows disk in and let it install again..

And what do you mean they will not turn on? like at all I.E. no post screen (the first logo screen) or just not into windows?
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August 16, 2014 7:43:17 PM

Well I'll be damned, it works! Its been a black screen for an hour and when it went on standby I turned it on and it began working smoothly again! :D 
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August 16, 2014 7:44:08 PM

I guess it was a 64 bit laptop after all!
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