Win7 32bit to 64bit

[Ken Davison]

Hi All
I have purchased 8gb of ram upgrade to help speed up my home video work. I am currently running Win7 Home Premium in 32bit mode. I have read that 64bit handles larger ram over 4gb better.

It appears from what I have read that if I install 64bit from my existing disk it will do a clean start and wipe out all the existing installation. I want to avoid doing that a back up never seems to catch everthing and it can be a real pain setting it all up again.:shock:

SO if I purchase Win Ultimate Upgrade can I install it using the 64bit option without wiping out all my files?

OR is there any other way of doing it?

Thanks for any advise offered.

 

[zigzag3143]

Hi All
I have purchased 8gb of ram upgrade to help speed up my home video work. I am currently running Win7 Home Premium in 32bit mode. I have read that 64bit handles larger ram over 4gb better.

It appears from what I have read that if I install 64bit from my existing disk it will do a clean start and wipe out all the existing installation. I want to avoid doing that a back up never seems to catch everthing and it can be a real pain setting it all up again.:shock:

SO if I purchase Win Ultimate Upgrade can I install it using the 64bit option without wiping out all my files?

OR is there any other way of doing it?

Thanks for any advise offered.

No. When you go from 32bit to 64 you must do a clean install.

 

[richnrockville]

Hi All
I have purchased 8gb of ram upgrade to help speed up my home video work. I am currently running Win7 Home Premium in 32bit mode. I have read that 64bit handles larger ram over 4gb better.

It appears from what I have read that if I install 64bit from my existing disk it will do a clean start and wipe out all the existing installation. I want to avoid doing that a back up never seems to catch everthing and it can be a real pain setting it all up again.:shock:

SO if I purchase Win Ultimate Upgrade can I install it using the 64bit option without wiping out all my files?

OR is there any other way of doing it?

Thanks for any advise offered.

Welcome to the Windows 7 Forums.

Upgrading to x64 bit from x32bit is not an in place option.
From my experience, it is not possible to update to th 64 bit os without a clean format.

Your data should be backed up but your programs will require re-installation.

Rich

 

[theog]

You can not upgrade 32bit to 64bit without doing a clean install.

 

[Ken Davison]

Hi All
I have purchased 8gb of ram upgrade to help speed up my home video work. I am currently running Win7 Home Premium in 32bit mode. I have read that 64bit handles larger ram over 4gb better.

It appears from what I have read that if I install 64bit from my existing disk it will do a clean start and wipe out all the existing installation. I want to avoid doing that a back up never seems to catch everthing and it can be a real pain setting it all up again.:shock:

SO if I purchase Win Ultimate Upgrade can I install it using the 64bit option without wiping out all my files?

OR is there any other way of doing it?

Thanks for any advise offered.

No. When you go from 32bit to 64 you must do a clean install.

Thanks for a swift clear answer, not sure it was the one I wanted but I can live with it.

What is your opinion on remaining with the 32bit ver using the 8gb ram ?

 

[StalkeR]

If you use 32bit OS,you'll have only ~3.7GB ram used.

 

[Ken Davison]

Looks as if I will have to bite the bullet, in the past I have always had those little nigs with backup, I use Incredimail and store a rake of information in folders, receipts and other important stuff. Must try to find a way of backing that up safely.

Thanks for advise. Ken

 

[poonbag]

You would also have to make sure that your processor architechture is the right size to handle the 64bit OS. If it is only a 32 bit processor then it can only handle the 32bit OS. That is my problem. I wanted to upgrade to professional x64 but had to do x86 because of my processor.

 

[Ken Davison]

I have an amd phenom tm 9450e which is aimed at 64bit so that is ok, I am now sorting through required software for reloading.

 

[StalkeR]

The CPU is ok.

 

[poonbag]

I have an amd phenom tm 9450e which is aimed at 64bit so that is ok, I am now sorting through required software for reloading.

I didnt even look at that. Just making sure!

 

[DeaconFrost]

I would just get an external drive and move everything you want to keep over to the drive. Then disconnect it and do your clean install.

 

[Ken Davison]

Hi All

Well I am here on my Win 7 64bit O/S, only one hicup with a 64 bit driver for my realtek rtl9102e. Managed to find and down load on the shop computer so only a little hicup so far.

Just trying to figure how to get my backup data including my favourites back, should keep me entertain for a few more hours.

At least now I will be able to use my new 8gb ram upgrade, I will pop it in tomorrow before I boot up.

Thanks for the advice

 

[gregrocker]

Did you get the 64 bit install disk with your current Home Premium? You can use either bit-version with each license.

If not you'll need to borrow or find one. If forced to download from the web search for official Win7 ISO from My Digital Life.

Tips for getting a perfect clean reinstall: Reinstalling Windows 7

 

[Ken Davison]

Having gone 64bit I decided to upgrade to Ultimate, that went smoothly until I checked device manager. Here I found three errors.
MS ISATAP Adapter error 10
TEREDO Tunneling Pseudo-Interface error 10
I found out they are related but not much about how to cure the problem.

The other one was.
PCI Modem error 28

The PCI Modem one must be an onboard one still got search that one a bit.

 

[gregrocker]

Is your wireless connection working well? If not, download and install the latest driver from the Support Downloads webpage for your device model which should carry with it these associated drivers if needed. If not and there's no problem, disable or ignore them.

Same with the PCI Modem if you need it, otherwise just disable it.

 

[Ken Davison]

Is your wireless connection working well? If not, download and install the latest driver from the Support Downloads webpage for your device model which should carry with it these associated drivers if needed. If not and there's no problem, disable or ignore them.

Same with the PCI Modem if you need it, otherwise just disable it.

I am wired to router, if any thing I think I am running a bit faster due to upgrade giving a quicker refresh speed. The screen seems a lot sharper now in 64bit, it may be me living in hopes

Will give your advice a spin anyway

Thanks

 

[DeaconFrost]

As for your backups, the data goes back in the same places you copied it from in the first place, since you had Windows 7 already.

 

[gregrocker]

Are those Network Adapter drivers showing an ! mark meaning they're missing?

If so it's likely because you don't have wireless installed.

Just disable them.

Check the logs for repeat errors: Troubleshooting Win7

 

[Ken Davison]

Everything went well with the data backup apart from outlook, all my contacts and appointments failed to reappear.