Installing 64 bit to New Hard Drive from upgrade disk

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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?
 

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Mrgooch said:
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?
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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?
 

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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.
 

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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.
 

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Mrgooch said:
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.
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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.)
 

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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?
 

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zigzag3143 said:
Mrgooch said:
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.
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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.)
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Retail UPGRADE
 

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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.
 

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Noctua NH-U12S; Noctua F12 intake, Noctua S12A exhaust
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Dell or Microsoft optical wired; USB
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Microsoft Security Essentials and Malwarebytes Premium
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Mrgooch said:
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?
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If you click drive options, format should show up.
 

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I I believe that option was greyed or didn't work.
 

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ignatzatsonic said:
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.
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I was using the existing partiton.
 

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ignatzatsonic said:
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.
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At what point should the new 64 bit drivers be installed?
 

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Mrgooch said:
ignatzatsonic said:
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.
Click to expand...
I was using the existing partiton.
Click to expand...

No need to keep it. I'd delete it.

Look for choices about keeping or deleting partitions.

Drivers are installed later on in the install. Windows does a good job on them and you may not need to get any drivers from another source.
 

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Ignatz Special; 4 speed manual gearbox; factory air conditioning; one of one
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8 GB HyperX DDR4-2666 (2 x 4 GB)
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onboard: Realtek ALC1150; external: USB Behringer UF0-202
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Dell S2340M 23 inch IPS
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System: Crucial MX100 series SSD, 128 GB;
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Microsoft 200 6JH-00001 USB
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Dell or Microsoft optical wired; USB
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Pale Moon
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All fans PWM; speeds at idle: CPU circa 500 rpm; intake circa 600 rpm; exhaust circa 600 rpm; CPU temps 27 idle and 47 C load in a warm room (27 C/81 F) when running Intel Extreme Tuning Utility stress test.
ignatzatsonic said:
Mrgooch said:
ignatzatsonic said:
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.
Click to expand...
I was using the existing partiton.
Click to expand...

No need to keep it. I'd delete it.

Look for choices about keeping or deleting partitions.

Drivers are installed later on in the install. Windows does a good job on them and you may not need to get any drivers from another source.
Click to expand...
Starting with a new Sata drive I won't have to deal with that,correct?
 

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Deal with what specifically??

If it's a new drive, it will have no partitions. You'd have to make at least one for C during the installation. More if you choose to. Look for "drive options, advanced" or words to that effect.
 

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Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64-bitIntel Skylake i5-6600K, not overclocked8 GB HyperX DDR4-2666 (2 x 4 GB)none; graphics are integrated on CPU
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Ignatz Special; 4 speed manual gearbox; factory air conditioning; one of one
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64-bit
CPU
Intel Skylake i5-6600K, not overclocked
Motherboard
AsRock Z170M Extreme 4, micro ATX
Memory
8 GB HyperX DDR4-2666 (2 x 4 GB)
Graphics Card(s)
none; graphics are integrated on CPU
Sound Card
onboard: Realtek ALC1150; external: USB Behringer UF0-202
Monitor(s) Displays
Dell S2340M 23 inch IPS
Screen Resolution
1600 x 900
Hard Drives
System: Crucial MX100 series SSD, 128 GB;
Data: Samsung Spinpoint 103SJ, 1 TB;
Backup: WD Caviar Green WD30EZRX-00D8PB0, 3 TB
PSU
Rosewill SilentNight 500 watt fanless, semi-modular
Case
Antec Solo II
Cooling
Noctua NH-U12S; Noctua F12 intake, Noctua S12A exhaust
Keyboard
Microsoft 200 6JH-00001 USB
Mouse
Dell or Microsoft optical wired; USB
Antivirus
Microsoft Security Essentials and Malwarebytes Premium
Browser
Pale Moon
Other Info
All fans PWM; speeds at idle: CPU circa 500 rpm; intake circa 600 rpm; exhaust circa 600 rpm; CPU temps 27 idle and 47 C load in a warm room (27 C/81 F) when running Intel Extreme Tuning Utility stress test.
Mrgooch said:
So when is the new Windows 8 coming out.
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Windows developer preview is already out. Windows consumer preview comes out Feb 29

It is different than win 7. I am running it but it takes some getting used to.

Check our sister site here. http://www.eightforums.com/
 

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If you install to a HD with an OS already on it, when you boot the Win7 Upgrade version installer it will see an OS to allow use of Upgrade version key during install..

If you install to a blank or wiped HD, you'll need to Skip inserting the key during install then afterwards do the quick registry edit given here to activate Upgrade version on clean HD: Clean Install with a Upgrade Windows 7 Version

The illustrated steps for booted install are here: Clean Install Windows 7
 
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