Win 7 32bit upgrade to 64bit

Good Morning-
Finally got so sick of chasing Win7 errors rabbit hole I formatted and clean installed. Worked fine. Finally got backup and mirror services back. But forgot that my copy is a 32bit version. I remember I was able to change to 64bit somehow to use my 16gb RAM. I went through the comments on this but I am just stumped. Don't think I reinstalled it but could be wrong. Just don't want to put all the programs back in case. But I do remember it not being something I paid for. Could someone go over it again for my old cheesy brain please? I would sincerely appreciate it. I have a MS Win7 legal disk. Thanks. Lar

fotog673 said:

But forgot that my copy is a 32bit version.
I have a MS Win7 legal disk

You can download the Win 7 64 Bit ISO from MS servers using the Heidoc ISO downloader available here:
Microsoft Windows and Office ISO Download Tool

Your 32 bit license is also good for 64 bit.

fireberd said:

Everything I've seen says if you want to change from 32 to 64 bit, you must do an install.

There was a recent thread on changing bits (on Win 7) on the Steel Guitar Forum and the user there had to do a new install.

I don't have a problem doing a fresh install. Just don't want to pay for it if I don't have to.

Mellon Head said:

Originally (at least with my copy) Win 7 came with both a 32 bit and a 64 bit version. You installed whichever version that you wanted to, and used the supplied activation key. You could probably do that in this case.

However, as fireberd says, you will have to reinstall Windows (the 64 bit version) to have a 64 bit version on your PC. There is no way to convert that I'm aware of.

I just don't remember seeing that option. But I could have missed it. Thank you

Layback Bear said:

From fotog673 specs.



If you have a proper matching COA key for Home Premium it will work on Home Premium 32 and/or 64 bit. The bit doesn't matter.

Jack

Thanks Jack. I have been falling down this rabbit hole for weeks now and each time I thought I fixed it something else went wrong. I finally gave up, formatted, reinstalled 64bit and all is well. Thanks so much for taking the time to help this old guy. L

fotog673 said:

Good Morning-
Finally got so sick of chasing Win7 errors rabbit hole I formatted and clean installed. Worked fine. Finally got backup and mirror services back. But forgot that my copy is a 32bit version. I remember I was able to change to 64bit somehow to use my 16gb RAM. I went through the comments on this but I am just stumped. Don't think I reinstalled it but could be wrong. Just don't want to put all the programs back in case. But I do remember it not being something I paid for. Could someone go over it again for my old cheesy brain please? I would sincerely appreciate it. I have a MS Win7 legal disk. Thanks. Lar

Not at all sure why the first install went awry but took the advice and tried again. All is well now and I thank you all. L