I have an old HP laptop, it recently crashed due to hard drive failure. So naturally, while getting a new hard drive I was going to install Win7 rather than Vista that came with it. It's originally a 32 bit system, but I was thinking of going with the 64 bit. I am unsure as to whether or not it will be able to load. I have a Centrino processor which I am also unsure if 64 bit will be compatible with it.
Hope to hear so thoughts on this issue, thanks.
If you had your system specs filled out, we'd be able to give you a better answer. What is the model number of your processor? That should be in your documentation that came with your laptop.
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I couldn't find the documentation of the laptop off hand, but I open up the panel to access the processor and the model number is: 4965agn mm1
Before crash I had:
Windows Vista 32 bit Home Premium edition SP1. Which I believe was a 1.83gHz Core2Duo as well as 3GB of RAM. I just saw this info elsewhere, but still unsure about processor since the sticker on laptop says else wise. (centrino)
Last edited by Mr Patrick; 22 Aug 2011 at 14:49. Reason: Adding info
Hello again.
I'm sure if you post the exact model / make of the lappy someone will have some info for you.
If that`s not a dual core cpu then no you can`t. Google the cpu.
http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c01295877.pdf
Thanks, I see that it doesn't have the Centrino processor listed. I looked here, http://www.intel.com/products/centrino/duo/316944.pdf and a little unsure if what I have now in my laptop would be considered dual core, since it is about 3 years old.
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