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Migrating from Vista 32 to Vista 64

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turtle1   01-16-2008 at 05:47:05 PM

I am running Vista Ultimate 32 now and would like to migrate to Vista Business 64 (I am also planning on adding a second 8800GTX video card going SLI and bumping up to 8 gigs of OCZ ram (4x2gb, OCZ2T8WC44GK) because it is cheap right now).

Question, is there a way to "upgrade" to Vista 64 from Vista 32 and not have to format my drives and re-install all of my programs? I was going to buy the OEM version of Vista 64, but would buy the retail version if that allowed for an easier upgrade.

------------------------------ Asus Striker, C2D E6850@3.3 Ghz, 4 Gigs XMS2-6400C4 Xtreme, 2x BFG 8800GTX OC in SLI
Two Raptor 150s, one 400gig Barracuda 7200.10, Sony DVD-Rom,
Samsung 16x DVD/RW w/LS, Silver Stone TJ-09B w/P&C PC 750
Samsung 226BW-S, Vista Ultimate 32 w/SP1
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Scotteq   01-16-2008 at 06:33:44 PM
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Sorry, but Vista 64's Kernel is completely different from Vista 32's. So to go from one to the other requires a clean install.

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turtle1   01-16-2008 at 06:42:27 PM
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Thanks.

------------------------------ Asus Striker, C2D E6850@3.3 Ghz, 4 Gigs XMS2-6400C4 Xtreme, 2x BFG 8800GTX OC in SLI
Two Raptor 150s, one 400gig Barracuda 7200.10, Sony DVD-Rom,
Samsung 16x DVD/RW w/LS, Silver Stone TJ-09B w/P&C PC 750
Samsung 226BW-S, Vista Ultimate 32 w/SP1
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