| Windows 7: Installing 64 bit to New Hard Drive from upgrade disk |
12 Feb 2012
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Installing 64 bit to New Hard Drive from upgrade disk I currently have Win 7 Home 32 bit installed. I will be upgrading my system and using a new Sata hard drive.
I would like to install my Win 7 retail upgrade disk [ the 64 bit version ] on the new drive.
Can I do this? If so what would be the easiest way to retain all information from my current 32 bit drive? | My System Specs |
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12 Feb 2012
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#2 | | Win 8 Release candidate 8400 |

Quote: Originally Posted by Mrgooch I currently have Win 7 Home 32 bit installed. I will be upgrading my system and using a new Sata hard drive.
I would like to install my Win 7 upgrade disk [ the 64 bit version ] on the new drive.
Can I do this? If so what would be the easiest way to retain all information from my current 32 bit drive? When changing from 32 bit to 64 you MUST do a clean install and therefor have to re-install the apps.
Upgrade disk? Not full redial, or OEM? | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Pavillion dv-7 1005 Tx OS Win 8 Release candidate 8400 CPU 2@2.4 Memory 4 gigs Graphics Card Nvidia 9600M Sound Card HD built-in Monitor(s) Displays 17" Wxga Screen Resolution 1440x900 Cooling none Internet Speed 45Mb down 5Mb up |
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#3 | | Windows 7 SP1, Home Premium, 64-bit |
Yes, you can do it.
"Information". What "information"???
The Windows "information" will be wiped out, bye bye.
Your personal files "information" needs to be backed up before you begin. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Ignatz Special; 4 speed manual gearbox; factory air conditioning; one of one OS Windows 7 SP1, Home Premium, 64-bit CPU Intel Sandy Bridge i5-2500, not overclocked Motherboard Gigabyte H67A-UD3H-B3, full ATX Memory 4 GB Crucial DDR3-1333 Graphics Card none; graphics are integrated on CPU Sound Card onboard: Realtek ALC892; external: USB Behringer UF0-202 Monitor(s) Displays NEC 90GX2-BK 19" LCD Screen Resolution 800 x 640 Keyboard Leopold Tenkeyless with Cherry Blue switches, USB Mouse Logitech or Microsoft optical wired; either USB or PS 2 PSU Seasonic SS-560KM, modular Case Antec Solo II Cooling CPU: Scythe Big Shuriken; Case: Scythe Slipstream 800 & 500 Hard Drives System: Intel 320 Series SSD, 80 GB;
Data: Samsung Spinpoint 103SJ, 1 TB;
Backup: WD Caviar Green WD15EADS-00P8B0, 1.5TB Other Info Power consumption of this system, including monitor: 68 watts at idle; 144 watts at full load |
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I have the retail disks 32 and 64 bit. I upgraded from Win XP.
I will be redoing my entire computer,motherboard,cpu,memory hard drive DVD drive.
My current Hard drive is IDE. | My System Specs | | |
12 Feb 2012
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#6 | | Win 8 Release candidate 8400 |

Quote: Originally Posted by Mrgooch I have the retail disks 32 and 64 bit. I upgraded from Win XP.
I will be redoing my entire computer,motherboard,cpu,memory hard drive DVD drive.
My current Hard drive is IDE. Great so You are going to do a clean install to an empty drive. My concern is stil what version of win 7 you have. (full retail, oem, upgrade.) | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Pavillion dv-7 1005 Tx OS Win 8 Release candidate 8400 CPU 2@2.4 Memory 4 gigs Graphics Card Nvidia 9600M Sound Card HD built-in Monitor(s) Displays 17" Wxga Screen Resolution 1440x900 Cooling none Internet Speed 45Mb down 5Mb up |
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I tried doing a clean install of my current hard drive and I was not able to see the option to Format so I cancelled the install. Why no format option? | My System Specs | | |
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Quote: Originally Posted by zigzag3143 
Quote: Originally Posted by Mrgooch I have the retail disks 32 and 64 bit. I upgraded from Win XP.
I will be redoing my entire computer,motherboard,cpu,memory hard drive DVD drive.
My current Hard drive is IDE. Great so You are going to do a clean install to an empty drive. My concern is stil what version of win 7 you have. (full retail, oem, upgrade.) Retail UPGRADE | My System Specs | | |
12 Feb 2012
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#9 | | Windows 7 SP1, Home Premium, 64-bit |
Retail Upgrade is what you need. Good.
You won't see a "format" option per se. Just create the partitions midway into the install. Formatting will be done automatically. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Ignatz Special; 4 speed manual gearbox; factory air conditioning; one of one OS Windows 7 SP1, Home Premium, 64-bit CPU Intel Sandy Bridge i5-2500, not overclocked Motherboard Gigabyte H67A-UD3H-B3, full ATX Memory 4 GB Crucial DDR3-1333 Graphics Card none; graphics are integrated on CPU Sound Card onboard: Realtek ALC892; external: USB Behringer UF0-202 Monitor(s) Displays NEC 90GX2-BK 19" LCD Screen Resolution 800 x 640 Keyboard Leopold Tenkeyless with Cherry Blue switches, USB Mouse Logitech or Microsoft optical wired; either USB or PS 2 PSU Seasonic SS-560KM, modular Case Antec Solo II Cooling CPU: Scythe Big Shuriken; Case: Scythe Slipstream 800 & 500 Hard Drives System: Intel 320 Series SSD, 80 GB;
Data: Samsung Spinpoint 103SJ, 1 TB;
Backup: WD Caviar Green WD15EADS-00P8B0, 1.5TB Other Info Power consumption of this system, including monitor: 68 watts at idle; 144 watts at full load |
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#10 | | Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1 New Jersey |

Quote: Originally Posted by Mrgooch I tried doing a clean install of my current hard drive and I was not able to see the option to Format so I cancelled the install. Why no format option? If you click drive options, format should show up. | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom Built by Me ! OS Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1 CPU Intel Core i5 3570k @ 4.0 GHz Motherboard MSI Z77A-G45 Memory 16GB Corsair Vengeance @ 1600 MHz 10-10-10-27 Graphics Card MSI GTX660 Twin Frozr3 OC Sound Card Realtek HD Monitor(s) Displays Dell 19" HP 23" Sony Bravia 40" Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 Keyboard Fellowes KWD 855 Mouse Microsoft Wireless PSU Corsair HX750 80+Gold Case Corsair Vengeance Series C70 Gun Metal Black Cooling Cooler Master Hyper N520, Arctic Alumina Thermal Compound Hard Drives OCZ Vertex 4 119GB SSD,
WD Black 500, Blue 500, Caviar SE 320 x 2 Internet Speed Download 25.81 Mbps Upload 5.07 Mbps Antivirus MSE MBAM Browser Chromium Other Info Boston BA745 2.1 Speaker System, Lightscribe Dual Layer DVD Burner Installing 64 bit to New Hard Drive from upgrade disk problems? All times are GMT -5. The time now is 12:44 PM. | |