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Any method to move window 7 32 TO window 7 64 without reinstall

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you2

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The license is the same for this computer but for some reason 32bit version was installed. Is there a way to convert it to 64 without doing a full reinstall.
 
Unfortunately, no. The official party line on this one is do a clean install as per https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us...4-bithow/6012190f-fe0a-4080-8ca3-e610790296b8 It would be wise to make a backup of your stuff as outlined in this document.

In theory this SHOULD be possible, as it's just overwriting all the system files and adding the multilib components, but in practice there may be issues with the registry if someone tried that. I wouldn't risk trying to brute force it; back up and reinstall fresh.
 
Would be a pain. Not my computer; it has a legal university license but the license required upgrade from xp (which it was). Also the person who owns the computer is totally naive. I could back up the data on a usb (only 20GB); but not clue if the key will allow validation on a fresh install or if they have to go the upgrade route from xp again. Hum. Maybe I could talk them into using linux. They play a few old xp games; they should run fine with wine.
 
Another possibility is to clone the entire drive to a raw image file (ddrescue or similar) on a second drive, then install Linux and Virtualbox, boot the VM off an Acronis TrueImage CD, hook up the other drive over a USB/SATA bridge, and Acronis-clone it into the VM.

I've done precisely this with XP before and saved a man's business (dog kennel, his scheduling software ran on XP). It's convoluted and requires an extra drive and said program's CD, but it does work. 3D acceleration is a little weak in VM though...
 
Hum. The drive it is on is small. Is there an easy way to convert it to an iso image and then mount the iso image via a vm ? I think the drive is 128GB and I have a spare 512GB. Of course I would need a method to run the vm on boot up since the person in question would have a hard time running it manually.
 
Recently bought a Dell that was supposed to come with Win 7 Pro x64, but Win 7 Pro x32 was installed. Dell sent me the correct license/software, but we had to reformat and reinstall to fix.
 
a) the person who owns the computer does not want to use window 10 and
b) the person who owns the computer does not want to reinstall it because they have these silly 5$ click fest games they play all day and they don't want to reinstall them (it is an older person).

Puffnstuff said:
If its a valid install why not just move to 10 and then come back and clean install the x64 version later? You can still use the assistive technologies route.
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yea ms is full of no. Anyway the problem is solved; i was mistaken - they had windows 64 and was able to upgrade ram from 4gb to 8gb without a fresh install. Next time they have computer issue i'm moving them to linux. They can play their games with wine just fine and i'm tired of ms no (but even more tired of their data collection crap).
 
you2 said:
Would be a pain. Not my computer; it has a legal university license but the license required upgrade from xp (which it was). Also the person who owns the computer is totally naive. I could back up the data on a usb (only 20GB); but not clue if the key will allow validation on a fresh install or if they have to go the upgrade route from xp again. Hum. Maybe I could talk them into using linux. They play a few old xp games; they should run fine with wine.
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How to fresh install an upgrade licence of Windows (Vista or later):

Don't connect it to the network.
Put the setup DVD in, do as you normally would when installing Windows cleanly. When it asks for a product key, don't put one in. Make sure you select the right version of Windows for your licence.
Finish installing Windows. Do not activate it.
Put the setup DVD in while running Windows and start Windows Setup from the DVD.
Install Windows over itself, select upgrade, when it asks for the key type it in.
When Windows has finished installing, feel free to activate it (though I usually install drivers first and make sure everything works properly before activating).
 
Assuming you already have win10-32 on it, just install win10-64 onto a new drive, then copy your stuff over. Then clone the new drive onto the old one.
 
We are not going to win-10 on this system - never ever. Win 7 is that last MS product on this machine.
 
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