Upgrading to Home Premium 64bit huntermay85 <guest[ at ]unknown-email.com> 10/27/2008 6:01:53 PM I was wanting to upgrade my current 32bit system to 64bit. I called Dell and they said they would send me a copy of the 64bit software. I am not sure if they will send me an upgrade cd or full cd. I see different answers when people ask how to install the 64bit software on these forums. I want to replace the current home premium 32bit with home premium 64bit...what do i need to do? thanks... Current system: XPS 420 Intel Quad Core 2.40GHz -- huntermay85

Re: Upgrading to Home Premium 64bit Malke <malke[ at ]invalid.invalid> 10/27/2008 7:08:32 PM huntermay85 wrote: [Quoted Text] > > I was wanting to upgrade my current 32bit system to 64bit. I called > Dell and they said they would send me a copy of the 64bit software. I > am not sure if they will send me an upgrade cd or full cd. I see > different answers when people ask how to install the 64bit software on > these forums. I want to replace the current home premium 32bit with > home premium 64bit...what do i need to do? You will need to do a clean install. Then install all the 64-bit drivers for all your hardware. You'll need to get drivers from Dell. Since this will be a clean install, make sure you've backed up all your data first. Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

Re: Upgrading to Home Premium 64bit huntermay85 <guest[ at ]unknown-email.com> 10/27/2008 7:35:51 PM Thanks Malke I'll try it out. -- huntermay85 HunterMay85 A+ Net+ Sec+

Re: Upgrading to Home Premium 64bit Bruce Chambers <bchambers[ at ]cable0ne.n3t> 10/28/2008 12:40:21 AM huntermay85 wrote: [Quoted Text] > I was wanting to upgrade my current 32bit system to 64bit. I called > Dell and they said they would send me a copy of the 64bit software. I > am not sure if they will send me an upgrade cd or full cd. I see > different answers when people ask how to install the 64bit software on > these forums. I want to replace the current home premium 32bit with > home premium 64bit...what do i need to do? > > thanks... > > Current system: XPS 420 Intel Quad Core 2.40GHz > > The *ONLY* way of going from a 32-bit OS to a 64-bit OS (or vice versa) is to format the system partition and perform a clean installation. There is no in-place upgrade. -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers. ~ Denis Diderot

Re: Upgrading to Home Premium 64bit 12noon <guest[ at ]unknown-email.com> 11/2/2008 1:25:23 PM How did everything go with the upgrade ? I'm on Vista Home Basic 32-bit and have just ordered Vista Ultimate. The upgrade disk should arrive tomorrow. What i want to do is upgrade from basic 32-bit to ultimate 64-bit. I know i need to clean install and that i need drivers for my Dell 1501 with AMD dual core 64bit CPU and 2GB memory. What i want though is somehow of taking all my old emails and website log-ins and passwords with me to the 64bit Vista install. Got any advice ? -- 12noon Graham...

Re: Upgrading to Home Premium 64bit huntermay85 <guest[ at ]unknown-email.com> 11/3/2008 2:02:32 PM 12noon;876818 Wrote: > How did everything go with the upgrade ? [Quoted Text] > > I'm on Vista Home Basic 32-bit and have just ordered Vista Ultimate. > The upgrade disk should arrive tomorrow. What i want to do is upgrade > from basic 32-bit to ultimate 64-bit. I know i need to clean install and > that i need drivers for my Dell 1501 with AMD dual core 64bit CPU and > 2GB memory. What i want though is somehow of taking all my old emails > and website log-ins and passwords with me to the 64bit Vista install. > > Got any advice ? Dell still has not sent me the 64-bit CD. I'll post on how it goes when they send it to me. -- huntermay85 HunterMay85 A+ Net+ Sec+