New Laptop: Upgrade Windows 7 32-Bit to 64-Bit

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  Clean install.  There is no way to upgrade from 32-bit to 64-bit.  Plus you'll probably have to have media if it wasn't included with your laptop.

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  John Wildes | Senior Enterprise Architect | United Airlines | Desktop Engineering

  • Proposed as answer by Chris Steding Friday, February 25, 2011 8:13 PM
  • Marked as answer by Miya Yao Monday, February 28, 2011 6:50 AM

  Friday, February 25, 2011 6:20 PM
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  On Fri, 25 Feb 2011 17:51:50 +0000, ArizonaWest wrote:

  Brand new laptop. Out of the box Windows 7 32-bit, already installed. 
  No files to back-up. How do I upgrade to Windows 7 64-bit?

  You can not. The only way to change the "bitness" of Windows is by a
  clean installation.

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  Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP

  Friday, February 25, 2011 6:43 PM
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  On Fri, 25 Feb 2011 18:43:21 +0000, K Blake <kblake@kb.invalid> wrote:

  On Fri, 25 Feb 2011 17:51:50 +0000, ArizonaWest wrote:

  Brand new laptop. Out of the box Windows 7 32-bit, already installed. 
  No files to back-up. How do I upgrade to Windows 7 64-bit?

  You can not. The only way to change the "bitness" of Windows is by a
  clean installation.

  And I also meant to say that, before doing anything, make sure your
  laptop has a 64-bit CPU. If it doesn't, you can not even get to 64-bit
  Windows with a clean installation.

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  Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP

  Friday, February 25, 2011 6:45 PM