Installing Win7 from HD to HD

sk8man57

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Hello, I'm having trouble finding out how to install Windows 7 from Hard drive to Hard drive. Right now i have win xp 32bit, and I'm trying to install win7 64 bit. The guide i found, told me to format the drive to NTFS, move the source, and boot folder to the HD i want windows on, and the move the bootmgr file also. Here's the problem when i do the next step on the guide, i type "cd c:boot" "bootsect /nt60 SYS" and get a invalid win32 application because i am on 32bit. Only thing i found was i need to do a clean install, but i don't have windows 7 DVD or a USB to install like that. Can anyone help me out?
 
If you don't have Windows 7 media how are you going to install the OS and activate it? You need an OS key. You don't use an existing Win 7 setup to copy over to a second computer. You'll need to buy a Win 7 license key anyway, so you'll have a disk to use then.