help upgrading

[hangten1]

hey im currently running win 7 pro x84 bit and trying to install win 7 pro x64bit

however its not letting me, its a legit version of win 7, i have tried booting with dvd drive and on desktop however i keep getting this error

ive done a perfomance test and i no my computer can supprot 64bit, its a new computer i just purchased

Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 950 @ 3.07GHz,
RAM 8.00 GB
Currently
32-bit operating system (trial)
4 cores
64-bit capable


not sure what else to include, ive tried to boot with dvd but it doesnt like boot through it but it boots my XP and Vistas, any help would be sweet

 

[Hopalong X]

You can't upgrade from 32bit to 64bit. You will have to do a clean install.

Boot the CD from the Bios. Click the Custom not the Upgrade when you get to Step 6 in the tutorial as in below picture. Follow the rest of the directions and you should be good to go.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1649-clean-install-windows-7-a.html?filter[3]=Installation and Setup

Mike

Back up any data you want to save before you go any further. You will lose it on installation.

 

[Dwarf]

Hi hangten1 and welcome to Windows 7 Forums

If you are trying to upgrade your current OS from within the OS it will not work because of the architectural differences between 32-bit and 64-bit. It has to be a clean install.

You should be able to boot from the DVD if the boot order is correct in your BIOS (you will need to press any key to boot to the DVD when prompted, otherwise the boot process will drop through to the next device and attempt to boot from that instead).

 

[wysiwyg]

Your computer will support it but it seems the yfrog programme doesn't.

Remove it and if the system then installs, look for a 64bit version.

Forget it, I diidn't realise you were trying to just upgrade, as others say you can't,
Clean install

 

[DeaconFrost]

If it is a legit, Microsoft-hologram disc, it should boot just fine, considering you can boot other discs. Back up your data, as others have mentioned, and then do a clean install.

 

[gregrocker]

How to Boot your Computer from a Bootable CD or DVD

 

[hangten1]

thanks for the replys and the welcomes , and yes its a burned cd i go the copy from my university online burnt it twice now,

ive changed the boot order again but ill try doing that again now

 

[DeaconFrost]

Did you download the files and then burn them to disc? Unless they were a .iso file, you aren't going to be able to boot from it. Microsoft has a tool on their website, and it's been linked here many times, that will take the downloaded files and create a bootable .iso file.

 

[hangten1]

hey yeh its downloaded and burned opened it with an iso and burned the files to a disc, but it has its own boot files already in there
edit

trying to the microsoft win 7 bootable dvd now thanks deaconfrost

 

[hangten1]

<3 thanks soo much working great