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Win 7 32bit to 64bit upgrade HELP

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  • 31-12-2010 3:17am
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    ibFoxer
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    Not sure if this is the right place to put this.....

    Basically i have a fully legal win7 64bit ultimate upgrade that i want to install. At the moment i have 32bit ultimate on my machine, can i do a custom install over that or do i have to do a fresh install?

    Cheers


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    challengemaster
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    Nope, not possible.. gonna have to do a clean install im afraid


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    jc84
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    better off with a clean install anyways, things will run smoother, just be sure to back everything up....


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    ibFoxer
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    Thanks for the replies lads

    Sigh....the thouht of having to back everything up and go looking for drivers means this one will be on the long finger


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    RoyalMarine
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    drivers are very easy to find, and win 7 x64 comes with most of what you need anyway.

    as for backing up, why not just partition your drive, make enough space to move all your files over to it, then install on the other partition and your sorted.

    shouldnt take more than 2 hours max.


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    challengemaster
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    Actually, what's the install size of Windows 7 ? (if there's a difference, 32 bit :P )

    Planning the upgrade myself from Win Xp :pac: :o


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    RoyalMarine
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    challengemaster wrote: »
    Actually, what's the install size of Windows 7 ? (if there's a difference, 32 bit :P )

    Planning the upgrade myself from Win Xp :pac: :o

    install size is about 5.9 - 6gb


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    ibFoxer
    Registered Users Posts: 2,461 ✭✭✭ibFoxer


    RoyalMarineComm wrote: »
    drivers are very easy to find, and win 7 x64 comes with most of what you need anyway.

    as for backing up, why not just partition your drive, make enough space to move all your files over to it, then install on the other partition and your sorted.

    shouldnt take more than 2 hours max.

    That might be the way forward yeah, i dono what way im going to go about it yet. I might just use the real key i have to verify the win7 i already have, lets just say it may not be above board, strictly speaking. Cough.


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