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i want to do a clean install of windows 7,I currently have windows 7 32bit and i wanna upgrade to 64 bit. Question 1) I only want to upgrade to 64 bit and not clean the entire hdd, so all i have to do is format my local C: drive where the current win 7 is installed right? or i have no choice except cleaning the entire 500 gb hdd,. Pls tell mee its not necessary to clean wipe coz i dont have any place to backup my entire hdd,Question 2) If only C: drive is to be formatted, how do i backup all my installed programs? Will System Backup store all my installed programs that i installed on 32 bit and restore it back on the 64 bit os? or do i have no choice and reinstall all of them? I ahve lots of codecs installed that i dont remember where i found on the internet.Question 3) I have major softwares like Adobe CS4 master collection and Autodesk MAYA installed on D: Drive, so will they still work after i clean wipe the C: drive and install 64 bit instead of 32 bit or do i have to reinstall them too?

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