Windows 7: W7 32 bit to 64bit?

Hiya folks,

I just did a clean install of the 32bit version of Windows 7 home. I am regretful, because my hardware is fairly new and I see no reason not to go straight to 64bit.

My questions are

#1) Is it possible to migrate to 64 bit... or will I have to do a clean install AGAIN?
#2) is it worth it? will I notice a difference? I mostly game/watch movies/use writing programs....

1. A clean install is required
2. It's only worth if you have 3.5GB+ of RAM

I am experiencing a problem. When I insert the DVD (an ORIGINAL "upgrade" dvd) for Windows 7 Home 64Bit, it tells me that "No device drivers were found. Make sure that the installation media contains the correct drivers".

This occurs after I select "Start installation"

please let me know what to do!!!

You have to ensure that you have 64-bit drivers for all of your hardware that you have in your computer to properly use a 64-bit operating system. While a 64-bit system can run 32-bit software...it cannot use 32-bit drivers.

If you have 4GB of RAM or more..you need 64-bit to access all of it. From a performance perspective, unless you are using native 64-bit software applications...the likihood of seeing really noticeable differences is pretty slim.

At work, I run 32-bit on my laptop with 4GB of RAM...as I rely on the Checkpoint VPN client to remotely connect to our VPN server at work and that client doesn't support 64-bit. On my work desktop, I also have 4GB of RAM and run 64-bit there since I don't have to VPN in from that machine. Neither machine for the most part perform better or worse then the other.

did you make sure that your processor can support 64-bit? some do and some do not...