In place upgrade from Win Vista Ultimate to Win 7 Ultimate x64 ?

Apparently it is possible to do an in-place upgrade from Win Vista Ultimate
to Windows 7 Ultimate, but is it also possible to do an in-place upgrade from
Win Vista Ultimate (x32) to Windows 7 Ultimate (x64) ? TIA ...

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No, you can't do an upgrade install from 32 to 64 or from 64 to 32 bit.
Has to be a clean install.


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Dave N.
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"E-Double" <> wrote in message
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> Apparently it is possible to do an in-place upgrade from Win Vista
> Ultimate
> to Windows 7 Ultimate, but is it also possible to do an in-place upgrade
> from
> Win Vista Ultimate (x32) to Windows 7 Ultimate (x64) ? TIA ...
>
> e.

On Wed, 24 Mar 2010 06:01:01 -0700, E-Double
<> wrote:

> Apparently it is possible to do an in-place upgrade from Win Vista Ultimate
> to Windows 7 Ultimate, but is it also possible to do an in-place upgrade from
> Win Vista Ultimate (x32) to Windows 7 Ultimate (x64) ? TIA ...


No. It is never possible to change the "bitness" of any installed
Windows. The only way to go from any 32-bit version of Windows to a
64-bit one, or vice-versa, is by doing a clean installation.


--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
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On 3/24/2010 8:01 AM, E-Double wrote:
> Apparently it is possible to do an in-place upgrade from Win Vista Ultimate
> to Windows 7 Ultimate, but is it also possible to do an in-place upgrade from
> Win Vista Ultimate (x32) to Windows 7 Ultimate (x64) ? TIA ...
>
> e.

Nope, you can't do in-place from 32-bit to 64-bit anything.

On Wed, 24 Mar 2010 06:01:01 -0700, E-Double wrote:

> Apparently it is possible to do an in-place upgrade from Win Vista
> Ultimate to Windows 7 Ultimate, but is it also possible to do an
> in-place upgrade from Win Vista Ultimate (x32) to Windows 7 Ultimate
> (x64) ? TIA ...
>
> e.

You wanna think about that for a second? How do you do an in place
upgrade of all the 32 bit system functions to 64 bit applications?