G Guest Guest Jun 30, 2010 #1 Can I do a windows 7 upgrade from Home Premium (64 bit) to Professional (32 bit. I need the 32 bit to run certain drivers.
Can I do a windows 7 upgrade from Home Premium (64 bit) to Professional (32 bit. I need the 32 bit to run certain drivers.
Scotteq Splendid Aug 7, 2007 3,958 0 23,460 Jun 30, 2010 #2 You will have to do a clean install. There is no way to do an in place change between 64 and 32. Upvote 0 Downvote
cassandraf_winteam Distinguished Apr 16, 2010 509 0 19,060 Jul 1, 2010 #3 Yep, clean install to move from 64-bit to 32-bit (or the other way around). However, if you can live with 64-bit, you can do an in-place upgrade from Windows 7 Home Premium to Windows 7 Professional using the Anytime Upgrade feature of Windows 7. Cheers, Cassandra Microsoft Windows Outreach Upvote 0 Downvote
Yep, clean install to move from 64-bit to 32-bit (or the other way around). However, if you can live with 64-bit, you can do an in-place upgrade from Windows 7 Home Premium to Windows 7 Professional using the Anytime Upgrade feature of Windows 7. Cheers, Cassandra Microsoft Windows Outreach