32 bit home premium to 64 bit

[LFCsuarez07]

Hey everyone,

First post for me here. Had a question that seems to be fairly common but haven't found a post that has my specific situation.

I got the Home Premium 32 bit OS upgrade (i was running Vista home premium prior) with student discount but need to upgrade to 64 bit to run a few Adobe programs. The install disc I got is just 32 bit, I just double checked to be sure. I saw I can get the Professional 64 bit upgrade from Microsoft with student discount for around $80 but I am not sure if I can use it to upgrade from Home Premium 32 bit.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

 

[Kalario]

Hello LFC and welcome to the forum.

To go from 32 to 64 bit, you need to do a fresh install, you cannot upgrade Vista 32bit to Win7 64 bit.

Hope this helps

 

[LFCsuarez07]

Thanks for the reply Kalario.

I should have been more clear that I am currently running Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit and was running Vista before that. I am looking to get to 64 bit from 32 bit to run a few programs that require 64 bit OS. So I will be trying to get from a windows 7 32 bit to a windows 7 64 bit. It doesn't matter to me what version (home premium, pro, etc.), just as long as it is 64 bit.

Thanks again for the response!

 

[LFCsuarez07]

Also, I don't mind a fresh install. I guess I just need to know if an upgrade from microsoft will work from home premium 32 bit to any 64 bit version. I would rather buy an upgrade than a fll version just to get to 64 bit.

 

[clifford_cooley]

You already have a Windows 7 Key so all you need is the install media. Use the download links found on this page ( https://www.w7forums.com/windows-7-iso-official-direct-download-links-t2910.html ) to download the 64-bit version you need.

32-bit and 64-bit uses the same keys. Changing from 32-bit to 64-bit only needs a fresh install with the same key.

 

[LFCsuarez07]

Wow that's great to know, thanks Clifford. Answers my question.

I see that they only allow you to install once on one machine. I suppose that removes any chance of doing a dual boot with the 32 bit and the 64 bit as separate operating systems?

 

[Core]

I see that they only allow you to install once on one machine. I suppose that removes any chance of doing a dual boot with the 32 bit and the 64 bit as separate operating systems?

Can you do it? Yes. Are you supposed to? No.

 

[LFCsuarez07]

Gotcha..........