Transforming Windos SP3 From 32 Bits Do 64
Oct 2, 2009Is there any way do transform Windows XP from 32 bits (NTFS) to 64 bits winthout having to reinstall same?
I Remember that Windows 2000 did this from normal partition to NTFS.
Is there any way do transform Windows XP from 32 bits (NTFS) to 64 bits winthout having to reinstall same?
I Remember that Windows 2000 did this from normal partition to NTFS.
Any URL or advice about pros&cons of using 64 bits OS, from a practical perspective?
- Would I notice a performance boost?
- Which kind of incompatibilities will I find?
The computer will be used for general purpose (at home) as well as more advanced tasks (virtual machines, etc).
It started when I decided I wanted to put a total of 4GB of RAM in my computer. The problem is that I have Windows XP x86 (32-bits) installed.
Then, a few friends of mine adviced me to get rid of this old Windows XP (32-bits), get the total of 4GB of RAM and install Windows 7 x64.
My CPU's architecture supports x64 systems, as I have 4 cores. My main problem, is that I would have to reinstall all my programs, applications and drivers (because I have the 32-bits-versions installed) and that if I stay with my 32-bits-XP system, it would only read 3 to 3.5GB of RAM aprox.
I've recently ran into an opportunity to install 64-bit windows XP. I can't really get Vista at the moment, so I'm considering this. Google has been vague on it, and most of the articles that I've read say that it's a bad idea. Granted they were published in 2005.
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