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Upgrade to Win7 x64 from 32 with new HD but keep all existing settings
Hi
Im currently running windows 7 32 bit on a 150Gb SATA drive and want to upgrade to a larger SATA 2 drive to utilise the motherboards potential.
Im also looking to upgrade my memory as 32 bit doesnt support anything more than 4Gb.
Ive searched most forums and found that i do need to carry out a clean install, but is there a way to create a system image from the 32 bit and only restore the programs and settings that i require.
Im not looking forward to re-installing all programs from scratch unless i absolutely have to. Im also worried that even if i cant restore programs that all my settings wont be recovered.
I am planning on still keeping my existing hard drive as a slave and use for backup, so before i format this i will still have access to all my information.
Any help on this would be appreciated.
thanks