swapping from windows 7 32bit to windows 7 64bit

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Jeffo444

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Hi, i am currently running windows 7 32bit. But i want to upgrade to windows 7 64bit software.
i am aware that you cant directly upgrade from 32 to 64. correct me if i am wrong but i believe i need to wipe my hard drive to install it.

on my system i am running two hard drives a SSD with my operating system and drivers on and a HDD with all my personal data on. what is the best way for me to make this change.
do i unplug my HDD and back up my SSD and format it, then reinstall or is there another way i can do it without losing my drivers and everything installed on my SSD?

Thanks Dave
 
Your ssd must be wiped to install the 64 bit version. Drivers will have to be reinstalled, sometimes drivers are different between 32 and 64 bit so you will have to redownload them.
 
Why do you want to move from 32-bit to 64-bit? The most compelling reason would be that you wish to use more than 4G of RAM. If you don't have the need/desire to use more than 4G of RAM then it isn't worth the effort to make the switch.
 
Make sure you don't have a second HDD plugged into the computer when you install to the SSD. You can back up your stuff to the HDD or USB drive or external USB drive.
 
I should mention you could use sysprep to delete all the drivers and maintain your files and I think you can do the upgrade option when you install the OS and chose 64 bit. Not sure though, but i know the option for 64 bit is there under the upgrade option.
 
Jeffo444 said:
Hi, i am currently running windows 7 32bit. But i want to upgrade to windows 7 64bit software.
i am aware that you cant directly upgrade from 32 to 64. correct me if i am wrong but i believe i need to wipe my hard drive to install it.

on my system i am running two hard drives a SSD with my operating system and drivers on and a HDD with all my personal data on. what is the best way for me to make this change.
do i unplug my HDD and back up my SSD and format it, then reinstall or is there another way i can do it without losing my drivers and everything installed on my SSD?

Thanks Dave
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There is no need to unplug the HDD, just be careful during the install. When you boot from the OS media, click on advanced in the setup window before the install, erase/format your SSD, then install it using that drive. You will get a list of available drives, the easiest way is just to reference the capacity of each disk.
 
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