Solved Install 7 on a new PC with Home Premium installed

[RobertD]

My old PC died, it had 7pro on it and I have the installation disk for 7pro. The new PC has Win7 Home premium and it is 64 bit. My old one was 32 bit. How do I go about upgrading the new one to Pro and as 32 bit system?

 

[zigzag3143]

My old PC died, it had 7pro on it and I have the installation disk for 7pro. The new PC has Win7 Home premium and it is 64 bit. My old one was 32 bit. How do I go about upgrading the new one to Pro and as 32 bit system?

You cant upgrade, you have to do a clean install when going 64>32, or 32>64. Iy ou have 64bit now you are better off with it (with sufficient ram) than the 32 bit pro.

 

[Bill2]

What kind of pro disk is this? Retail or oem restore? 32 bit or 64 bit? If this is a 64 bit retail disk, you'll need to locate a 32 bit pro disk to install on the new machine. But you can use the old key since the old pc's died irrespective of 32 bit/ 64 bit. Also, if you have 4 gigs or more ram, install 64 bit to make full use of it.

 

[gregrocker]

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[RobertD]

Many thanks to zigzag3143, bill2, and gregrocker. They all helped.