Mr

[Thebza]

Helo der,
i'm planning to upgrade from vista home basic 32-bit to win7 ultimate. wud u advise me to upgrade to which vesion, 32-bit or 64-bit? the other thing i wanna know is whether i have to make a fresh instalation or it make an upgrade.

 

[theog]

Clean install is always best.

Check with the Upgrade Advisor:

Download details: Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor

 

[Jonathan_King]

Theog is spot on. Clean install lends itself to fewer problems down the road, and the Upgrade Avisor is also highly recommended.

 

[CarlTR6]

Make that three votes for a clean install after running upgrade advisor.

 

[Kari]

Hello Thebza, welcome to the Seven Forums.

You can not in-place upgrade a 32-bit operating system to a 64-bit, so if you want to use 64-bit Win7, you need to do a clean install.

Clean install is always faster and easier, but not necessary the better alternative (yes, I know: I belong to the minority here!), although it quite often is that. If you even consider to do an in-place upgrade, read this first: http://www.sevenforums.com/installation-setup/44793-simple-guide-successful-place-upgrade.html

Kari