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llewislink   07-02-2009 at 12:51:53 PM

According to the MS website, Windows 7 Home Premium upgrade includes both 32 and 64 bit versions. Does anybody know if they are selectable on the upgrade? I will be running WinXP Home, which is a 32 bit OS, but I'll want to install the 64 bit version of Win 7. Is this possible, or will the upgrader be limited to the bitrate of what is already on the HDD?

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captaincharisma   07-02-2009 at 02:09:17 PM
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if it follows other versions of windows then there would be no way to upgrade from a 32-bit OS to a 64-bit OS without doing a fresh install.

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llewislink   07-02-2009 at 02:23:08 PM
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According to what I read on the website, a fresh install, going from XP to 7, is required from the upgrade.

"Running Earlier Versions?
If you have Windows XP or Windows 2000, you can purchase Windows 7 Upgrade versions. But you must back up your files, clean install, and reinstall your applications."

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Bronze Win 7 badge Scotteq   07-02-2009 at 03:01:39 PM
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llewislink wrote :

According to the MS website, Windows 7 Home Premium upgrade includes both 32 and 64 bit versions. Does anybody know if they are selectable on the upgrade? I will be running WinXP Home, which is a 32 bit OS, but I'll want to install the 64 bit version of Win 7. Is this possible, or will the upgrader be limited to the bitrate of what is already on the HDD?

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For a Vista installation: An "Upgrade" is limited to the bitrate already installed. Should you decide to do a clean/complete installation to the same partition - 7 will detect the existing version, and should put your data into a folder it will create called "WINDOWS_OLD".


For XP - Back up your data and do a clean installation for either version of Win7.

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