Upgrade to 64-bit Win7. Lot of doubts

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Conrad Pinto

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Hi all,

Recently built a new system. Here's the specifications.
Intel i5 4440
Kingston HyperX Fury 4GB
Asus B85M-G
Sapphire R9 270
Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB (nowhere it mentions 5400 RPM but I'm assuming it is)
2TB Seagate expansion drive
Corsair VS550.

On this I've installed 32-bit Win7. 4GB RAM is less and I need to go for 8GB, hence 64-bit Win7

Now my doubts.
1) Steam offers you to export the files of Dota 2. Will upgrading to 64-bit allow these files to be imported back?
2) I have a few games which I have not completed yet. I've saved the save game files. Can I use them on the 64-bit system after installing the game there?
3) On my 1TB caviar green I have 4 partitions. C (Main) and D,E,F. I want to install the 64-bit system on an SSD (120GB Intel or Samsung). I plan to format C drive and install the 64-bit OS on the SSD. Will I lose the data on D, E and F drive? Do they need to be formatted with a new file system?
4) Suppose the SSD gets formatted with a drive letter, say 'H'...can I change it later to 'C' via control panel. Will this affect applications?
5) Most importantly I have Kaspersky Internet security 2014. I have 150 days more on the license. I know that the licence is tied to the motherboard and HDD serial number so that formatting is allowed. Since my motherboard is the same can I use the same key?


 
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1 yes
2 yes
3 no
4 yes
5 yes but you may have to email them and get it reactivated if the key has been used to often.

4 partitions on a hdd is to many for efficent use. especially with that drive. each 1 will slow access times by about 10% so by the time your finished partitioning your drive will be runing nearly half as slow as it normaly would with just 1 partition or at the most 2. (may be worth considering)

migrating to 64bit isnt that difficult or painful. just back up all your personal data to another partition or drive. install windows and copy what you need to back into your user folders.
typically it will take about 4 hours from start to last updates. so be patient and go0d luck
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1 yes
2 yes
3 no
4 yes
5 yes but you may have to email them and get it reactivated if the key has been used to often.

4 partitions on a hdd is to many for efficent use. especially with that drive. each 1 will slow access times by about 10% so by the time your finished partitioning your drive will be runing nearly half as slow as it normaly would with just 1 partition or at the most 2. (may be worth considering)

migrating to 64bit isnt that difficult or painful. just back up all your personal data to another partition or drive. install windows and copy what you need to back into your user folders.
typically it will take about 4 hours from start to last updates. so be patient and go0d luck
.
 
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Thanks HEXiT, your reply is perfect! Wanted to hear this. :)

Reason for the 4 partitions is that dad has 'techno phobia'. He believes if my game data and his financial data are on the same drive, his data might get corrupted.

About point 5. I use a three-way key and this will be the first time that I'll be reusing the key. By 'used to often' do you mean this? 2 friends are also using the same key, I doubt that they have re-formatted their PC.

 
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he wants that stuff kept on a separate drive. viruses and malware can jump partitions very easily so hes fooling himself if he thinks he's being safe.
he would be wise to use a different machine for the finances, if its a family pc. but at the very least he should invest in a small reliable drive that the rest of you dont have access to or cant accidentally corrupt because your niece downloaded my little pony flash browser games. but thats by the by.

no mate the 3 use key means you can put the app on 3 different machines. each 1 will create a unique hash table which the app will use to verify against your account. you should be able to install the app on each machine multiple times over its life but how many times is the question.
some companies put limits on the max number of installs over a year. some dont.
anyhoo i asked my mate who uses kasper and he said its all good as long as the key is already associated with your build which it should be.
 
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Thanks HEXiT, Dad started using Google drive now, though that isn't the safest place to store, the data isn't something that someone could use for fraudulent purposes, it just consumed a large amount of his time to make them ...Kaspersky has never let my PC get corrupted with malware in the last 3 years, so hoping that it continues like this. Wish I could give you 2 best answers :D
 
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