I'm upgrading a computer's ram from 512mb to 4 gb. The current OS is Windows Xp Home and switching it to Windows 7. In order for the computer to see 4 gb of Ram would I have to use a 64 bit Windows 7 regardless of hardware?
View 6 RepliesI was wondering can I upgrade from windows 7 32bit to windows 7 64bit using a 64bit upgrade edition? I got told on another forum it works aslong as you input the product key AFTER the installation not during?
View 4 Replies View RelatedI am considering going to 64 bit for gaming as I believe it would be better on the games. I now have Windows 7 Pro 32 bit running. The way I understand it you need to purchase a brand new 64 bit OS. So what do I do with my 32 bit OS just trash it
View 9 Replies View Relatedtime has come to upgrade my bfg gts 250 1gb o/c! What is the best card to get in the �100-150 mark.If you look at my specs as i ant a card that will run sweet and give me good fps in skyrim!elder scrools V.(it has to be nvidia)not a fan of radeon
View 9 Replies View RelatedI have just bought 4 gig of ram to help speed up my computer but when I put it in, it says that only 2.93 gig usable. Is there a way to use this other gig that i have.
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View 3 Replies View RelatedI have Hitman: Absolution and Microsoft Office 2010, that both need Windows 7. Luckily, I have an official Windows 7 install disc for both 32 and 64. Now, backing up all my qaqa on 4.7 GB dvd discs would be a hassle, and that would be what I'm looking at because there is only one hard drive. My question: What are the downsides to just installing Windows 7 64 bit over Windows XP 64 bit, rather than backup files -> reformat -> clean install?
View 2 Replies View RelatedI recently got a new computer, built it from the ground up for gaming. My school is part of MSDNAA fun time so I was able to get a free version of Windows 7 64bit service pack 1. I downloaded the files and it was an .iso file.
The first try, I ended up burning the .iso file its self to a disk with out mounting it then downloading the files onto the disk that way. So that didn't work.
The next thing I tried was downloading the actual files needed to install the OS onto a flash drive. The reason that didn't work was because I didn't format the flash drive correctly before I downloaded the files onto it. I then tried to format the flash drive but now I can't even open it or do anything else with it.
I ended up asking a friend who had a boot disk for Windows 7. The only problem is that he didn't know if it was 32 bit or 64. This disk actually worked... the only problem is that it's 32 bit.
I ended up getting another disk and downloaded the, what I believe, right files onto it. Popped it into my new computer to hopefully install the 64 bit version of the OS and over right the 32 bit version, or have it reformat my hard drive then install the OS. So far it isn't working.
Is there any advice I could get from you guys. I was thinking about wiping my hard drive and starting from scratch, hoping that the 64 bit disk I burned would work. So far, I haven't been able to actually wipe it, so I'm at a bit of a cross roads.
I am currently running Windows 7 Home Premium on a basic HD. I recently purchased a new SSD and a full installation of Windows Ultimate.
I would like to install Windows Ultimate to the SSD and use my old HD as a secondary storage device. Most importantly, I do not want to lose any of my documents or personal files currently stored on the old HD.
I'm looking for advice or recommendations on the best approach here. Should I do a full Win7 Ultimate install to the SSD and leave Win7 Home Premium on the secondary drive? Or, is there a better way to migrate files from the secondary drive to the new SSD and then format the old HD?
My machine (a very powerful 64bit one) wouldnt let me update from XP Professional to Windows 7 64 bit, but would allow me to update (clean install) to 32 bit. Now 32 is in can I upgrade to 64?
View 6 Replies View RelatedI was looking up previous topics regarding upgrading to Windows 7 and was not really finding any definitive answers. I have been perfectly happy and content with Windows XP Home Edition SP3 and have been flirting with the idea of upgrading to Windows 7What brought me to this was I want to install and play Battlefield 3 which only runs on Windows 7. I have a nice system even by today's standards, so I ran the Microsoft's upgrade to Windows 7 app checker. It told me that most programs would be fine but there are some like K-lite's Codec Pack and such that it is unclear if there is compatability. Now I am not going to backup data, clean install Windows 7, and reinstall all programs and apps just to play one game.
View 5 Replies View RelatedMy pc is old.500gb space, 2gb ram.Tired of xp, I want to upgrade to win7 ultimate. I have original cd.One of the reasons im doing this is becoz, I'm a gamer and lot of new games are not supporting win xp anymore.
1. How to do it?
2. I have 180gb worth data on pc, is it possible to recover/keep data as it is without transferring it somewhere else (I have 4 drives)
3. can i have xp on 1 drive and win7 on other?
4. I dont know which version I have, I think its 32bit. My xp is also 32bit , does it matter?
5. I have all installation cd's, everything. what else do i need?
6. How to connect to internet in win7. I have win7 on my laptop and I dunno how to.
7. my Dvd drive is not working properly , my sis has win 7 in usb , can win 7 be installed from usb?
I am new to this forum, I was a Desktop/Network engineer (before Windows 7 came out).I would like to hear any tips or tricks on upgrading from 32 to 64. I know you have to completely reformat ETc. To give you a slight heads up my HDD is already partitioned and its a new notebook 8MB fitted Ramm (but obviously only 2 MB being utilized (careful choice of words there!) I am currently checking first my hardware drivers to make sure there compatible
View 4 Replies View RelatedI have a winfast k8m890m2ma-rs2h motherboard and i want to upgrade my ram to 4 gig.
I dont know if i am able to though, because the infomation on the box and in the manuel doesnt tell me how much ram the motherboard can support. It is an am2 socket board but no where does it say the amount of ram it supports.
I was woundering if anyone has this board and/or knows how much ram this motherboard can support?
I am considering upgrading my laptop's RAM from 4 GB DDR3 to 8 GB DDR3. Currently my laptop contains 2 strips of the following memory:
Quote: 2GB 2Rx8 PC3-8500S-07-10 [x2] Thought I'd ask you guys for help, as I do not know where to look for Samsung RAM, or any other 100% compatible RAM for my laptop. Well, actually I know where to look but how do I figure out which suits my laptop the best? I prefer to have the same brand of RAM this laptop came with, which is Samsung (my laptop is an Acer Aspire 8735G).
Also is it better to have 2 strips of 4 GB or would it be a better idea for me to buy 1 strip of 8 GB? what type of motherboard this laptop's got, I can't seem to find it anywhere... I've used CPU-Z, checked my laptop's manual and service guide but nothing to find there.
Ok so i bought a new CPU off of amazon the other day it was a Athlon II X4 630 and I got it in the mail and installed it today. Well I decided to try and put my other stick of ram(2x4gb) in to see if it would detect as dual channel with this CPU and to my surprise it did. I tried booting into windows and it just kept restarting. One time it gave me a blue screen saying Machine Check Exception. After that one it would not give me any other blue screens just kept restarting as soon as it hit the login screen for Windows 7. Then I took the other stick back out and it logged in for a few sec and started to load windows and such then it restarted with a bluescreen giving me this error code 0x000000124.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI'm looking to upgrade my CPU and Motherboard from what I currently have.I recently purchased a GeForce GTX 680 but I am seeing minimal improvement from my previous GeForce GTX 480, and have come to the conclusion its my CPU holding me back.
Current specs -
OS - Windows 7 Home
CPU - Intel i7 930 @ 2.80GHz
Motherboard - Gigabyte X58A-UD5
I have been told in the past I cannot replace one and not the other due to my CPU/Motherboard being 1366 pin which is no longer in make.
I am trying to upgrade from vista ultimate to 7 ultimate, I don't want to format, the only issue I am having upon upgrading is that there is not enough disc space on my drive to continue the upgrade.
View 5 Replies View RelatedAlthough we have tutorials on this subject, I was impressed by this presentation of this common scenarioYou have to opportunity to print the entire tutorial and also to view the video.I can recommend this MS tutorial (and I don't always do that).Upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7
View 3 Replies View Relatedi Upgraded from win xp 32bit to Win 7 ultimate 32bit.i am upgrading my computers MoBo, Case, CPU, and CPU cooler.with all the new hardware. will i have to reformat? and if so. how do i go about doing it? Will i have to reinstall windows xp, than upgrade to windows 7. or can i just put in the win 7 cd and do it from there since its an upgrade version and not full version?
View 8 Replies View RelatedI currently have a licensed Windows 7 x86 version installed on a desktop. I purchased a new SSD that I plan to use for the OS, Office, and some productivity applications. Games and media will remain on my existing 500GB hard drive. The hard drive currently holds my 32-bit installation of Windows 7. I want to install 64-bit Windows 7 on my new SSD and keep the data on my HDD.
Should I unplug my HDD when I install 64-bit Windows 7? If I plug in the HDD after installation will there be a conflict as to which OS should boot? I don't want to dual-boot or go back to x86, so I don't care about the windows installation on the HDD, just the data.
Should I keep my HDD plugged in with the new SSD and then install Windows 7 x64 to the SSD? Will that keep all of my HDD data intact?
Is it possible to mount Windows 7 via PowerISO and upgrade like that? Or is burning it to a DVD the only way to do it?
View 4 Replies View RelatedAlready installed Windows 7 Professional 32 bit via valid MSDN account. I now want to go to 64 bit as 32 bit version cannot address all of installed 6gb RAM.
My question is did my original MSDN download include both 32 bit and 64 bit versions and therefore I can 'reinstall' from that iso or do I have to download specific 64 bit version and use the same key ?
I am trying to upgrade to Windows 7 because there are various programs that I would like to use but I am unable to because I am running on a 32 bit operating system, and quite frankly, the OS is outdated and it is time for an upgrade anyway.But I can't afford to buy the operating system at the moment so I downloaded an ISO file and I am trying to create a bootable USB, but the Windows 7 USB DVD Download Tool won't work, it copies all of the files to the drive but it can't make it bootable because bootsect.exe is not a valid Windows XP application.So the question I'm asking is does anyone know of another way to make the USB drive bootable? I tried a program called WinSetupFromUSB but it stops me before the installation process starts and prompts me to browse for drivers, and I haven't been able to solve this problem yet
View 3 Replies View RelatedSo, I recently upped my RAM capability from 4Gb to 8Gb DDR3. My Processor (a core i3) is 64 bit compatible, and I want to upgrade to 64 bit windows 7.
Just a few things to note here: I have 2 physical hard drives. a 250Gb one that is my main boot drive, and contains the 32 bit windows 7. The other is a 320Gb one that was in my old PC before I upgraded, and transferred it over. This second hard drive still contains Windows Vista, and I access files, games and programmes from it regularly.
My question is this, With this set-up is it feasible for me to upgrade to 64 bit? If so, what would be the best way to go about it? (I have read up a bit on microsofts own page).
Can I format my HD before I upgrade to Windows7 Home Premium? I currently have XP installed....with a ton of garbage on the HD.
View 5 Replies View RelatedI managed to fill up a 250GB HD so I installed a 1TB in the spare bay then used the Seagate drive copy utility to migrate the OS and all of my data. Once I made the new drive the 1st boot it became obvious that something was wrong. It boots slower and just doesn't seem as fast overall. Its a faster/newer drive so I can't figure out what's going on. Anyway, after much consideration I have decided to put W7 64 bit on the new drive then move data over to it as needed. There isn't enough room on the old drive to download the upgrade so do I need to buy the upgrade in disk form or can I download and run it from the 1TB drive?
View 6 Replies View RelatedI have a HP Pavillion dv6680ea laptop, and I upgraded from Vista to Windows 7 32-bit. I find that the fan is constantly blowing and the computer is constantly overheating. After a small bit of searching through the forums I can see it may be an issue with upgrading the BIOS? But HP don't officially offer such an upgrade for this model.
View 12 Replies View RelatedI'm looking at upgrading my Acer Aspire One D255. I've watched a few tutorials on how to remove the old HDD and install the new SSD... This doesn't seem to be to much of a problem. But the problem I'm having is working out how to make a "copy" of Windows 7 off my HDD on to my flash drive then reinstall it onto my new SSD.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI have a Samsung N150Plus netbook with 1GB RAM, if I upgrade my current Windows 7 Starter will that improve the performance? I am currently unable to use Skype because it is saying that my computer is running too slowly and I am getting this message 'reduce the system load or upgrade the physical memory' What are my options? I seem to get conflicting advice when looking on the Internet.
View 3 Replies View Relatedreading trough these posting do i understand that you dont need to upgrade hardware to switch from 32 bit to 64 bit
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