Over writing windows hoem prem 32 bit with vista ultimate 64

My question is if I have retail version of vista ultimate 64 bit and on the
system I have vista home premium 32 bit can I overwrite it with a install
I am trying to utilize the 6 gig of ram installed on the system

Will this allow me to overwrite it and not lose all the programs or data on
the hard disk

Yes, simply boot into Windows Vista Home Premium, insert the disk and choose
the upgrade option when prompted during the initial phase of setup. This
will preserve your personal files, settings and applications.
--
Andre
Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
"brokenpaint" <> wrote in message
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> My question is if I have retail version of vista ultimate 64 bit and on
> the
> system I have vista home premium 32 bit can I overwrite it with a install
> I am trying to utilize the 6 gig of ram installed on the system
>
> Will this allow me to overwrite it and not lose all the programs or data
> on
> the hard disk

NO -- You can NOT overwrite ('upgrade") the 32-bit version of Vista with the
64-bit version and preserve your files and settings.


I Bleed Blue and Gold
GO BEARS!


"Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <> wrote in message
news:%23bqUU$...
> Yes, simply boot into Windows Vista Home Premium, insert the disk and choose
> the upgrade option when prompted during the initial phase of setup. This will
> preserve your personal files, settings and applications.
> --
> Andre
> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
> "brokenpaint" <> wrote in message
> news:A9D8ADE0-2730-43CE-8369-...
>> My question is if I have retail version of vista ultimate 64 bit and on the
>> system I have vista home premium 32 bit can I overwrite it with a install
>> I am trying to utilize the 6 gig of ram installed on the system
>>
>> Will this allow me to overwrite it and not lose all the programs or data on
>> the hard disk
>
>

On Wed, 9 Jan 2008 16:04:23 -0800, brokenpaint
<> wrote:

> My question is if I have retail version of vista ultimate 64 bit and on the
> system I have vista home premium 32 bit can I overwrite it with a install
> I am trying to utilize the 6 gig of ram installed on the system
>
> Will this allow me to overwrite it and not lose all the programs or data on
> the hard disk



No, not possible. The only way to go to 64-bit Vista is via a clean
installation.

What applications are you running that you need 6GB of RAM for? Unless
you run particularly memory-hungry applications, letting Windows see
all your RAM will make no difference to your performance.


--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
Please Reply to the Newsgroup

"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:

> On Wed, 9 Jan 2008 16:04:23 -0800, brokenpaint
> <> wrote:
>
> > My question is if I have retail version of vista ultimate 64 bit and on the
> > system I have vista home premium 32 bit can I overwrite it with a install
> > I am trying to utilize the 6 gig of ram installed on the system
> >
> > Will this allow me to overwrite it and not lose all the programs or data on
> > the hard disk
>
>
>
> No, not possible. The only way to go to 64-bit Vista is via a clean
> installation.
>
> What applications are you running that you need 6GB of RAM for? Unless
> you run particularly memory-hungry applications, letting Windows see
> all your RAM will make no difference to your performance.
>
>
> --
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
> Please Reply to the Newsgroup
>
I am new to this not sure where the news group is located , Thank you for
the help

Now I have, multiple documents , in many programs , along with many chat
programs open

Now I have the memory to use in the system already, Will the system use the
memory with out letting windows know it is installed ?

I just realized the post said 64 bit, so it should actually be a clean
install.
--
Andre
Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
"Cal Bear '66" <> wrote in message
news:...
> NO -- You can NOT overwrite ('upgrade") the 32-bit version of Vista with
> the 64-bit version and preserve your files and settings.
>
>
> I Bleed Blue and Gold
> GO BEARS!
>
>
> "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <> wrote in message
> news:%23bqUU$...
>> Yes, simply boot into Windows Vista Home Premium, insert the disk and
>> choose the upgrade option when prompted during the initial phase of
>> setup. This will preserve your personal files, settings and applications.
>> --
>> Andre
>> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
>> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
>> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
>> "brokenpaint" <> wrote in message
>> news:A9D8ADE0-2730-43CE-8369-...
>>> My question is if I have retail version of vista ultimate 64 bit and on
>>> the
>>> system I have vista home premium 32 bit can I overwrite it with a
>>> install
>>> I am trying to utilize the 6 gig of ram installed on the system
>>>
>>> Will this allow me to overwrite it and not lose all the programs or data
>>> on
>>> the hard disk
>>
>>
>
>

Windows utilizes memory, you have understand, when your computer boots, its
loaded into main memory, that means it will be using some of that 6 GBs of
RAM.
--
Andre
Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
"brokenpaint" <> wrote in message
news:EE948E32-8BCA-4E54-BCFF-...
>
>
> "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 9 Jan 2008 16:04:23 -0800, brokenpaint
>> <> wrote:
>>
>> > My question is if I have retail version of vista ultimate 64 bit and
>> > on the
>> > system I have vista home premium 32 bit can I overwrite it with a
>> > install
>> > I am trying to utilize the 6 gig of ram installed on the system
>> >
>> > Will this allow me to overwrite it and not lose all the programs or
>> > data on
>> > the hard disk
>>
>>
>>
>> No, not possible. The only way to go to 64-bit Vista is via a clean
>> installation.
>>
>> What applications are you running that you need 6GB of RAM for? Unless
>> you run particularly memory-hungry applications, letting Windows see
>> all your RAM will make no difference to your performance.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
>> Please Reply to the Newsgroup
>>
> I am new to this not sure where the news group is located , Thank you for
> the help
>
> Now I have, multiple documents , in many programs , along with many chat
> programs open
>
> Now I have the memory to use in the system already, Will the system use
> the
> memory with out letting windows know it is installed ?
>
>

On Wed, 9 Jan 2008 19:54:00 -0800, brokenpaint
<> wrote:

>
>
> "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 9 Jan 2008 16:04:23 -0800, brokenpaint
> > <> wrote:
> >
> > > My question is if I have retail version of vista ultimate 64 bit and on the
> > > system I have vista home premium 32 bit can I overwrite it with a install
> > > I am trying to utilize the 6 gig of ram installed on the system
> > >
> > > Will this allow me to overwrite it and not lose all the programs or data on
> > > the hard disk
> >
> >
> >
> > No, not possible. The only way to go to 64-bit Vista is via a clean
> > installation.
> >
> > What applications are you running that you need 6GB of RAM for? Unless
> > you run particularly memory-hungry applications, letting Windows see
> > all your RAM will make no difference to your performance.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
> > Please Reply to the Newsgroup
> >
> I am new to this not sure where the news group is located , Thank you for
> the help



Sorry, I don't understand this sentence. To what does it refer?


> Now I have, multiple documents , in many programs , along with many chat
> programs open


Please answer the question I asked: "What applications are you running
that you need 6GB of RAM for?" I still haven't heard anything that
suggests to me that 6GB would be any better for you than 2GB.


> Now I have the memory to use in the system already, Will the system use the
> memory with out letting windows know it is installed ?
>

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
Please Reply to the Newsgroup

Andre, as I said; you WON'T read posts!

You are giving WRONG advice to people here!!
This is NOT the 1st time to have done this; every day it happens.

"Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" wrote:

> I just realized the post said 64 bit, so it should actually be a clean
> install.
> --
> Andre
> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
> "Cal Bear '66" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> > NO -- You can NOT overwrite ('upgrade") the 32-bit version of Vista with
> > the 64-bit version and preserve your files and settings.
> >
> >
> > I Bleed Blue and Gold
> > GO BEARS!
> >
> >
> > "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <> wrote in message
> > news:%23bqUU$...
> >> Yes, simply boot into Windows Vista Home Premium, insert the disk and
> >> choose the upgrade option when prompted during the initial phase of
> >> setup. This will preserve your personal files, settings and applications.
> >> --
> >> Andre
> >> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
> >> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
> >> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
> >> "brokenpaint" <> wrote in message
> >> news:A9D8ADE0-2730-43CE-8369-...
> >>> My question is if I have retail version of vista ultimate 64 bit and on
> >>> the
> >>> system I have vista home premium 32 bit can I overwrite it with a
> >>> install
> >>> I am trying to utilize the 6 gig of ram installed on the system
> >>>
> >>> Will this allow me to overwrite it and not lose all the programs or data
> >>> on
> >>> the hard disk
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
>

"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:

> On Wed, 9 Jan 2008 19:54:00 -0800, brokenpaint
> <> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:
> >
> > > On Wed, 9 Jan 2008 16:04:23 -0800, brokenpaint
> > > <> wrote:
> > >
> > > > My question is if I have retail version of vista ultimate 64 bit and on the
> > > > system I have vista home premium 32 bit can I overwrite it with a install
> > > > I am trying to utilize the 6 gig of ram installed on the system
> > > >
> > > > Will this allow me to overwrite it and not lose all the programs or data on
> > > > the hard disk
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > No, not possible. The only way to go to 64-bit Vista is via a clean
> > > installation.
> > >
> > > What applications are you running that you need 6GB of RAM for? Unless
> > > you run particularly memory-hungry applications, letting Windows see
> > > all your RAM will make no difference to your performance.
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
> > > Please Reply to the Newsgroup
> > >
> > I am new to this not sure where the news group is located , Thank you for
> > the help
>
>
>
> Sorry, I don't understand this sentence. To what does it refer?
>
>
> > Now I have, multiple documents , in many programs , along with many chat
> > programs open
>
>
> Please answer the question I asked: "What applications are you running
> that you need 6GB of RAM for?" I still haven't heard anything that
> suggests to me that 6GB would be any better for you than 2GB.
>
>
> > Now I have the memory to use in the system already, Will the system use the
> > memory with out letting windows know it is installed ?
> >
>
> --
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
> Please Reply to the Newsgroup

I just have basic programs and MS office and adobe , but alot of documents
Now As to exactly what the names of the other software are I am unsure
I am getting ready to be able to manage client accounts, for international
business , the machine is for multiple operations , It will be downloading
saving video files as a DVR , for project documents saved into power point ,
adobe
I will be using Ms office , adobe , company does webniars and Web chat
conference calls [ you wil get sometimes many different web conference calls
at one time ] , a We will be using your array of chat programs all open for
complete access from the clients
I will also be using business management software as well and banking
management software, Investment client manging software
My signatory partner stated to me that one of the programs uses between 1.5
g to 2 .5 of memory by itself
He is running 8 gb on his machine with no hiccups or stalls or freezes
I was trying to work on a limited budget , did not know that Vista HM Prem
32 limited the memory usage / I should have done research hind sight

Was trying to solve it , A business partner has a ultimate retail copy he
was going sell me but if I cannot use it