Migrating from Vista 32 to Vista 64

[turtle1]

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.

 

[Scotteq]

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.

 

[LoneEagle]

No.

http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=1337568&SiteID=17
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932795

 

[turtle1]

Thanks.