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    upgrade or clean install?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Spiritgod, Mar 16, 2008.

  1. Spiritgod

    Spiritgod Notebook Enthusiast

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    I am getting a notebook that has vista 32bit already installed but would like the extra comfort of knowing I can see all 4 GBs of RAM, when I install the extra RAM. My question is, is there a way to just kind of upgrade to 64bit vista or do I have to do a full reinstall of the OS? I hear finding the drivers for everything is a nightmare and really didn't want to go into all that. Thanks in advance. Oh, just in case anyone needs to know the new notebook is the Gateway P-171S FX.
     
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    You can't do an in-place upgrade when moving from 32-bit to 64-bit; a clean install is required.
     
    swarmer, Mar 16, 2008
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    That's what I was afraid of, was trying to make this as easy as possible. Thanks for the post.
     
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    It is never advisable to do an upgrade anyways even if it is possible. A clean install is always better.
     
    nizzy1115, Mar 16, 2008
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