how upgrade to 64 bit vista?

I have 32 bit home premium from a purchased upgrade from xp. My puter is
64 bit so was thinking of upgrading to 64 bit home premium but it looks
like that is impossible. Is that correct? No way I am starting from
scratch again.

John

Hi,

There is no upgrade path from a 32 bit installation to a 64 bit one under
any circumstances.

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"John" <> wrote in message
news:...
>I have 32 bit home premium from a purchased upgrade from xp. My puter is 64
>bit so was thinking of upgrading to 64 bit home premium but it looks like
>that is impossible. Is that correct? No way I am starting from scratch
>again.
>
> John

When windows 7 comes along will that upgrade 32 vista to 64 windows7 or
will it be the same problem?
thanks
John

Rick Rogers wrote:
> Hi,
>
> There is no upgrade path from a 32 bit installation to a 64 bit one
> under any circumstances.
>

Hello John

You can only do a clean install when going from a 32-bit to 64-bi
Vista or Windows 7, or the other way around.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/68...rade-vista.htm

an

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/11...sion-vista.htm

Hope this helps
Shaw

John;955314 Wrote:
> When windows 7 comes along will that upgrade 32 vista to 64 windows7 o
> will it be the same problem
> thank
> Joh
>
> Rick Rogers wrote:> > >
> > > Hi
> >
> > > There is no upgrade path from a 32 bit installation to a 64 bit on
> > > under any circumstances
> > > >

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puter? Is that your little loving thing?

Tyro

"John" <> wrote in message
news:...
> I have 32 bit home premium from a purchased upgrade from xp. My puter is
> 64 bit so was thinking of upgrading to 64 bit home premium but it looks
> like that is impossible. Is that correct? No way I am starting from
> scratch again.
>
> John

You cannot upgrade a 32-bit OS to a 64-bit OS. Windows 7 won't change this.

"John" <> wrote in message
news:eq$...
> When windows 7 comes along will that upgrade 32 vista to 64 windows7 or
> will it be the same problem?
> thanks
> John
>
> Rick Rogers wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> There is no upgrade path from a 32 bit installation to a 64 bit one under
>> any circumstances.
>>

"John" <> wrote in message
news:...
>I have 32 bit home premium from a purchased upgrade from xp. My puter is 64
>bit so was thinking of upgrading to 64 bit home premium but it looks like
>that is impossible. Is that correct? No way I am starting from scratch
>again.
>
> John


32bit and 64bit are two different platforms. It has never been possible to
'upgrade' from one platform to another..


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Mike Hall - MVP

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On Sat, 31 Jan 2009 21:16:01 -0600, John <> wrote:

> I have 32 bit home premium from a purchased upgrade from xp. My puter is
> 64 bit so was thinking of upgrading to 64 bit home premium but it looks
> like that is impossible. Is that correct?


Yes, it's correct.


> No way I am starting from
> scratch again.


Then you will have to stay with the 32-bit version you are running.

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That means you have to reinstall all your software and reset all your
preferences I gather. Kind of a pain.
John

Brink wrote:
> Hello John,
>
> You can only do a clean install when going from a 32-bit to 64-bit
> Vista or Windows 7, or the other way around.
>
> http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/68...ade-vista.html
>
> and
>
> http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/11...ion-vista.html
>
> Hope this helps,
> Shawn
>
> John;955314 Wrote:
>> When windows 7 comes along will that upgrade 32 vista to 64 windows7 or
>> will it be the same problem?
>> thanks
>> John
>>
>> Rick Rogers wrote:> > >
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> There is no upgrade path from a 32 bit installation to a 64 bit one
>>>> under any circumstances.
>
>

John

Unfortunately yes. :

Sorry
Shaw

John;955753 Wrote:
> That means you have to reinstall all your software and reset all you
> preferences I gather. Kind of a pain
> Joh
>
> Brink wrote:> > >
> > > Hello John
> >
> > > You can only do a clean install when going from a 32-bit to 64-bi
> > > Vista or Windows 7, or the other way around
> >
> >
> > http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/68...rade-vista.htm
> >
> > > an
> >
> >
> > http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/11...sion-vista.htm
> >
> > > Hope this helps
> > > Shaw
> >
> > > John;955314 Wrote:> > > > >
> > > >> When windows 7 comes along will that upgrade 32 vista to 64 windows
> > > o
> > > >> will it be the same problem
> > > >> thank
> > > >> Joh
> > > >
> > > >> Rick Rogers wrote:> > >> > > >
> >
> > > >

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