Hey Guys,
So really quick here are my system specs: Inspiron 15R Notebook, Windows® 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit (originally), I-7 3.1Ghz Processor, 8 GB Ram, AMD Radeon™ HD 7730M 2GB. Under full warranty (unless upgrading voided it).
Okay, in a nutshell, my laptop (while it was still in Windows 7) suffered a critical Blue Screen of Death error that forced me to reformat my PC (I could not even access my desktop on safe mode after the original BSOD error). So I said 'why not' and decided to install Windows 8 PRO because I had to reinstall Windows anyways. So I installed it directly from a flash drive without using the Windows 8 Upgrade Assistant (primarily because I could not get to that point). Windows 8 PRO installed and works great except it installed as a 32-Bit system instead of 64 - thus, in essence, making my 8 GBs of ram worthless. I do not know why my PC installed it as a 32-Bit, I do not know why Microsoft failed to make upgrading more of a manual process in regard to this issue, but it really bugs me.
After doing Google research, I am aware that Microsoft does not have a 64-Bit version of Windows 8 available electronically and I would have to buy a CD hard copy for like 100 bucks. This would be a major bummer and I was seeing if you guys had any suggestions. One idea I had was reinstalling Windows 7 64-Bit (which I do possess). Then being established as 64-Bit, I could run the Upgrade Assistant for Windows 8 and hopefully it would properly register my system and upgrade appropriately. I have gotten quite partial to Windows 8 (with Classic Shell of course) and would like to have it as my OS. I just want the 64-Bit OS I paid for. I was looking to the community for any words of wisdom and really appreciate your consideration. Thanks!
Ben
So really quick here are my system specs: Inspiron 15R Notebook, Windows® 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit (originally), I-7 3.1Ghz Processor, 8 GB Ram, AMD Radeon™ HD 7730M 2GB. Under full warranty (unless upgrading voided it).
Okay, in a nutshell, my laptop (while it was still in Windows 7) suffered a critical Blue Screen of Death error that forced me to reformat my PC (I could not even access my desktop on safe mode after the original BSOD error). So I said 'why not' and decided to install Windows 8 PRO because I had to reinstall Windows anyways. So I installed it directly from a flash drive without using the Windows 8 Upgrade Assistant (primarily because I could not get to that point). Windows 8 PRO installed and works great except it installed as a 32-Bit system instead of 64 - thus, in essence, making my 8 GBs of ram worthless. I do not know why my PC installed it as a 32-Bit, I do not know why Microsoft failed to make upgrading more of a manual process in regard to this issue, but it really bugs me.
After doing Google research, I am aware that Microsoft does not have a 64-Bit version of Windows 8 available electronically and I would have to buy a CD hard copy for like 100 bucks. This would be a major bummer and I was seeing if you guys had any suggestions. One idea I had was reinstalling Windows 7 64-Bit (which I do possess). Then being established as 64-Bit, I could run the Upgrade Assistant for Windows 8 and hopefully it would properly register my system and upgrade appropriately. I have gotten quite partial to Windows 8 (with Classic Shell of course) and would like to have it as my OS. I just want the 64-Bit OS I paid for. I was looking to the community for any words of wisdom and really appreciate your consideration. Thanks!
Ben
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