Possible To Install A 32 Bit Windows 7 Pro Upgrade On Home Premium 64 Bit
Jun 11, 2011
can we install the 32 bit version from the Professional upgrade in place of the 64 bit Home Premium with comes preinstalled? I would do this from the very beginning, so we wouldn't have installed any of our software yet, I don't think there is any bloatware form Dell that we will want. I will make the recovery copies of the 64 bit OS first, and then hopefully upgrade to the 32 bit Professional. Things are "tight", and hopefully will not have to purchase a full version of Professional.
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Jul 17, 2009
is it in any way possible to:
1) install windows 7 RC as the home premium version (not ultimate). i heard you can edit some file to allow this.
2) when the retail version of windows 7 home premium upgrade comes out, use that to upgrade my RC installation AND KEEP MY INSTALLED PROGRAMS?
i heard you can do a custom install which makes a windows.old folder. i am looking to NOT do that.
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Nov 16, 2009
I running Vista home basic 32 bit.
My question is can I do a clean install of Windows 7 home premium using the upgrade version?
I heard that you have to validate your old OS by inserting the vista dvd I have a vista re installation DVD that was provided to me by Dell when I bought this PC.Is this information correct and would the vista dvd I have work? or would it have to be a vista DVD I bought (not from dell).
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Jul 3, 2010
Is it possible to do a clean install with upgrade version of home premium or ultimate? Meaning format everything first and then use the Windows 7 upgrade dvd to install it from scratch?
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Oct 29, 2009
looking for ideas on how to fix this problem.
while installing 7 H.P. it gets to completing installation then freezes up after computer reboots a warning message appears stating windows 7 has failed to install and resume after reboot, and then the same warning message appears.
I tried the roll back installation option and a message flashes on and off to quickly to read.
and Vista will not come up to start over.
any Ideas on what to Do?
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Oct 22, 2009
I successfully bought the upgrade version of Windows 7 Home Premium N, downloaded and extracted it and now I want to install it.
When I choose UPDATE in the intallation dialog it tells me that I cannot upgrade from Vista Home Premium to Windows 7 Home Premium ???
Every website from Windows and other people tells me that it IS possible and even the Windows 7 Update Advisor told me that I should not encounter any problems upgrading.
Has anyone of you yet encountered upgrading problems of compatible Vista/7 versions?
Or any other idea what I can do to solve the problem?!
I know that I can make a clean intall of 7, but this would be a pain..
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Jan 24, 2011
I recently bought a laptop with windows 7 home premium x64. Can this be upgraded directly to Windows Ultimate x64?
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Oct 25, 2011
I bought and downloaded about a year ago, Windows 7 Anytime Upgrade to install the new OS on a computer that was bought with a Vista system already installed. Now I have some problems with the computer and I'd like to perform a clean reinstallation of Windows 7.Is it possible to do so even if I only bought the Home Premium Upgrade version?Do I absolutely need the Home Premium Full version?I was thinking of downloading ISO images from the Microsoft Store and burning them to a DVD. Will that work if I only bought the Home Premium Upgrade version?
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Jul 4, 2012
i using windows 7 home premium x64 sp1, so want upgrade to Windows 7 ultimate x64 sp1..i just want to know what will happen to my installer and install driver on program file after upgrade windows.. do i need to reinstall new driver and software..Does upgrade process just only change version of windows..
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Feb 26, 2011
I have a Samsung Netbook which came with Windows 7 Starter and I am finding that I miss the extras of Home Premium Retail which installed on my Desktop PC. I have the Home Premium installation disk which I used, but as far as I am aware it is a single use licence.
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May 5, 2011
I have a new laptop that came with Windows 7 Home Premium. I bought Windows 7 Professional Upgrade from download and the backup disc.
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Jul 22, 2009
I have a laptop with vista home premium 32 bit.. (OEM)..No install disk But can make one.I was going to install it on pc. I have ordered an upgrade disk for windows 7 x64 professional.. I was wanting to put it on my pc. It is running Windows 7600-16384 at the moment. From what I see it seems I won't be able to upgrade because:
1. Vista home premium to Windows professional won't work.
2. You can't upgrade with windows 7600-16384 to RTM
3. Not sure about going from 32 bit to 64 bit.
I am correct in my thinking??? If so I may have to cancel my upgrade buy from Newegg..Or change it somehow.
Would I be able to do clean install (RTM) on the pc with 7600-16384 on there????
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Dec 7, 2009
I've been researching online that there is ONLY one way of going to from version to version when upgrade from Windows Vista to Windows 7. For example, Vista Home Premium to 7 Home Premium. You technically (In Microsoft's eyes) can't go from Windows Vista Home Premium to Windows 7 Professional. People bought the $30 Student 7 Professional from DR when it was available, and had Vista Home Premium on their laptop.
Mistake? I don't think so. We are also assuming that you have a legitimate copy of Windows Vista Home Premium and Windows 7 Professional Upgrade. We also assume no liability for any damages or data loss this may occur from doing my tutorial..
First off we need things done before we can do the upgrades. (Yes Upgrades).
1. Backup everything you need saved (Make an image with Acronis or any backup program)
2. Have a copy of Windows 7 (Any edition works, I'll tell you why later)
3. Have a quite some time to do this (Upgrades took a total of probably half a day)
Assuming you did the first 3 steps continue....
So you have a DVD copy or image of Windows 7. Extract the image or copy the disc to a folder on the HD of the computer you are upgrading. We are going to be going from Vista Home Premium to Windows 7 Home Premium as this is the only way we can do it (THANKS MICROSOFT).
View the extracted dvd/image on your HD. You will see a Sources folder, and you will see a ei.cfg. This can be edited with Wordpad or notepad, either one will do fine. Read more at the forum...
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Apr 14, 2012
I bought two licenses for Windows 7 Professional Upgrade when the Pre-Release special offer was in place. One I used on my laptop and the other has never been opened. My laptop died and I bought a new one with Windows 7 Home Premium installed. I want to use my upgrade disk but MS Canada Support told me that the upgrade key on my disk is NOT able to upgrade from Home Premium - only Vista. She told me I had to buy ANOTHER upgrade to be able to use it with Home Premium. This is even though the disk and the box say they include Anytime Upgrade It is the key that is wrong.
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Dec 21, 2011
I bought Windows 7 Professional and installed it on my computer. Recently, that computer died unexpectedly and I bought a new one that came with Windows 7 Home Premium installed on it. Since getting a new computer was unexpected, there were things I needed to get installed right away, so I just started installing it on the version of the OS that was already installed on the new PC. Now that I have a moment to go back and upgrade it to 7 Pro to take advantage of the features I want/need, this is appearing to not be an option, or at least not an easy one. The only options I'm seeing are to do a full reinstall or to do a Windows Anytime Upgrade which requires a separate license key. I have enough software installed now I really don't want to have to reinstall the entire machine again. Plus there were some applications that came for "free" on the new PC that I'd like to keep, but reinstalling would mean that keeping those apps also was not an option. And it seems stupid that I'd have to buy an upgrade when key when I have a full version of what I want to go to. Is my full version DVD of 7 Pro a paper weight now?
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Jul 15, 2012
I had a couple of questions about Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade. Is it the actual windows 7 software or is it some sort of piggy back? I think for 109 it should be the full version of the windows 7 software.[URL]There is windows 7 SP1 OEM version but hear it is buggy.Also if your building a rig how will it know what you want? 32bit or 64 bit?
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Feb 13, 2013
Not sure where to post this but I went from XP Professional the 7 Home premium Upgrade.All went good and Win 7 ran smooth. With Crysis 3 coming out I installed a new Mother board and CPU. Now 7 won't boot up.My old board was a P5GD1 and the CPU was Intel Pentium 4 at 3GHzMy new board is a P8Z77-V LE Plus and the CPU is Intel Core i5 3330 at 3GHzWhen I boot up now I get two options 1) to do a repair, 2) start windows normally. but neither will work.How can I reinstall win 7 Upgrade? It will not boot from the Win 7 disk.
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Aug 26, 2011
can i use the windows 7 professional student upgrade to upgrade from windows 7 home premium?
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Mar 20, 2010
My wife has a toshiba laptop with legal copy Vista Business OEM on it, And would like to get Windows 7 home premium.If she gets the upgrade version can we just do a clean install or am i going to get in all sorts of problems? On my Desktop i just installed the upgrade on a clean hdd and had no problems but i did have the number for vista home premium.Can someone say on this forum just buy the upgrade and you have no problems or do i have get the professional or ultimate upgrade?
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Jul 20, 2012
Can I upgrade from Vista Home Premium to Windows 7 Professional? I have a disk with W 7 P on it. I am using a 32 bit PC.
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Oct 4, 2010
I need to reinstall & was wondering if I have to install Xp first or is there a way of just using the upgrade disc.
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Feb 12, 2012
I plan on doing some hardware upgrades at the end of the year, however I am concerned about the OEM EULA this is what I will be upgrading to:
.1x Corsair 600W CX Series V2 PSU - 6x SATA 2x PCI-E
.2x Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600Mhz CL9 1.5V Non-ECC Unbuffered
.1x Corsair Carbide 400R Case
.1x AMD FX-6 6100 Black Edition 6 Core 3.3Ghz Socket AM3+ 8MB L3 Cache Retail Boxed Processor
.1x ASUS Crosshair V Formula 990FX Socket AM3+ 8 Channel audio ATX Motherboard
Will this be considered a new pc, and when I do get this upgrade will I then be able to upgrade my graphics card from a 6870 to a 6970 at a later date, When or if I need a new windows 7.also if I do need a new copy can I keep my one I have on my hard drive but buy a new CD key off of Microsoft?just in case you needed it here is my system specs:
.x1 AMD Phenom ii X6 1055t 2.8Ghz Processor.
.x1 Sapphire HD 6870 Graphics Card.
.x1 MSI 870A-G46 Motherboard.
.x2 G-Skill 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1600mhz Ripjaws Memory Kit.
.x1 Artic 700w PSU.
.x1 Seagate Barracuda 500gb HDD 7200.12.
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Aug 27, 2010
I'm having a problem in upgrading my vista home premium operation system to windows 7 home premium but i receive an error message. It says:
"The upgrade was not successful. Your previous version of windows is being restored. Do not restart your computer during this time".
Then nothing happen, by the way I cant make clean install for windows 7 because I need all of the files and documents in there....
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Apr 3, 2011
I'm installing this for a friend and she bought a Windows 7 Pro from digital river. She's using Vista 32bit home premium, and it won't let me do an in-place upgrade. She has a lot of programs and I don't wish to re-install one by one, especially when they're programs in Japanese.
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Jun 22, 2011
Just wondering if i need to do a clean install if upgrading from 64 bit Windows 7 Home Premium to Windows 7 Professional 64 bits? Or am i able to just upgrade? Will it affect the current softwares on my PC and do i need to reinstall them?
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Dec 13, 2011
I currently have windows 7 home premium 64 bit edition on my desktop. I get a copy of windows 7 professional 64 bit disc with legal key from my university for a student special. How can I upgrade? I was redirected to windows anytime upgrade during the installation. But my windows 7 professional x64 product key was not accepted there. I already have lots applications installed so I don't want to do a clean install.
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Sep 6, 2011
Having read some threads I am under the impression I won't have to purchase another copy of windows but I was wondering what I will have to do in order to continue using the same copy of windows.
Some people have indicated that I will need to contact Microsoft but I couldn't determine if they meant the automated phone number used to activate Windows or if was another number?
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Aug 21, 2011
i have the upgrade for windows 7 home premium, a member of the household has recently brought a netbook which has windows 7 starter. I am wondering if i connect an external dvd drive to the netbook, if i can do an easy upgrade to home premium on this netbook?
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Oct 9, 2009
I just bought the $29.99 student deal of Home Premium.
I am currently running the Windows 7 Eval Build 7100.
Can that be upgraded, or am I going to have to go through the process of putting XP back on, and then doing the Home Premium Upgrade install ?
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Nov 1, 2009
my laptop has win 7 home premium installed but not activated (need to get a new key).
Luckily i can get the $30 version from DR. but i want to get the professional version because it's the same price.
what's the best way to upgrade?
can i do windows anytime upgrade using the key that i will get from DR?
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Oct 10, 2011
I bought a dell XPS 420 64bit two years ago and a year later upgraded to windows 7 64bit (upgrade) . The last two years my hard drive has frozen and this summer required an additional hard drive. With some difficulty, I was able to reinstall the windows 7 upgrade witch had come in a box with no code numbers). I now have received on my computer notices from Microsoft that my use of windows will be discontinued in 30 days if I can not provide my code numbers! What do I do?
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