windows 7 32bit to 64bit woes

TomTomson11 · Mar 24, 2016

i have activated windows 7 ultimate 32 bit and want to get 64bit installed, and i got the iso file burnt into a disc, but i'm having trouble booting to it, i have tried going to bios and changing the boot priority, but it doesn't boot to it, just goes right into normal boot. I somehow managed to boot into cd from windows, and by that i mean, that i got into options or something from my normal working 32bit windows, and made it to restart and instantly going to boot cd, but i haven't been able to recreate this, so please help.

Rabmac · Mar 24, 2016

If you have UEFI BIOS you need to disable secure boot as well.

rmarier83 · Mar 24, 2016

Which program did you use to Burn the ISO? If you have Nero, it has options for making the disc a "bootable" disc, which is what you want.

TomTomson11 · Mar 24, 2016

I burnt it without any additional software, only using the integrated windows one, is that unusable?

bicycle_repair_man · Mar 24, 2016

TomTomson11 :

Yes, all you've done is copy the ISO from one location to another. An ISO is essentially a ZIP file, in that it's a single compressed file that contains other files.

Windows can't natively burn an ISO so you need to use a third-party program. If you don't have one already then you can download it; BurnAware works well.

Hawkeye22 · Mar 24, 2016

I agree with rmarier83. The disc needs to be made bootable. Some burning software has this option, others don't. Here is just one of many ways to do it. Googling will return many results.

http://www.techverse.net/how-to-create-a-bootable-usb-pen-drive-for-windows-7/

TomTomson11 · Mar 24, 2016

ok, but can you teach me how to force windows to boot into the cd from fully booted windows? i did it once and it restarted into the cd but i wasn't able to recreate it

ex_bubblehead · Mar 24, 2016

Until you have a properly burned DVD there's nothing you can do. In addition, you cannot upgrade from 32-bit to 64-bit from within Windows, it must be a clean (meaning wipe the drive) installation started by booting directly from the DVD.

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