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hugekebab
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| If the hardware drivers on the laptop are not up to 64bit, then don't upgrade. You'll hate life when stuff doesn't work - hardware drivers are going to be the things that screw up your switch the most. |
Sure. You should definitely go to the manufacturers website and check that there are x64 drivers for your laptop. There almost certainly will be.
I've installed W7 x64 on two different computers up to now and W7 was able to install the motherboard and video drivers by itself on first boot. Sweet. Didn't even need to go to maker's website.
As for the choice between x32 or x64?
I really don't see a future for 32-bit OS's or software. Applications will likely continue in their current path and require more and more RAM. Only x64 can address more RAM.
RAM is cheap now. You can get a good 4GB kit for 100,000!! Why limit yourself to 3.2GB? Just install x64 Windows and you'll be set for the future.
I'm planning to go 8GB in January........ |
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orosee
Joined: 07 Mar 2008
Location: Hannam-dong, Seoul
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| Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 12:26 am Post subject: |
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Well you can do a fresh install of x64 over the currently installed x86, but that's not an upgrade per se (that's how you write it!). You can get an x64 image from the internet but without a DVD burner that won't help much. All you need to be legal is the license code, it should be printed on/glued to the underside of the computer. If not then that's odd but there are tools that can retrieve this code from the registry, just google "magic jellybean" and there you go.
I don't know if you can copy the disk contents to the hard drive (you'll need a second partition) and install from there, again maybe just google "windows 7 install from hard drive" or similar.
Perhaps the computer has a recovery partition that holds both x86 and x64 versions? Check the CPU first if it is able to run 64 bit OS.
Can you find a "backup disk" maybe at Yongsan? As I said, the license is in the activation code, not in the disk. So you would be legal if you install the version of WIndows 7 (e.g. Home Pro) that is already on your computer, but with the x64 option.
I pretty much did it this way myself (internet download etc.) but I have a DVD burner in my comp.
Good luck, Windows 7 is nice. BTW if you are not sure that you need x64, leave it as it is. Some of my most used software (Paintshop Pro 7) doesn't run on W7x64  |
Thanks for the info. My cpu is a 1.3 GHZ Pentium dual core, 320 GB, 3 MB RAM. The Gateway EC1430U. Are these good enough specs? I do plan on upgrading ram to 4 GB soon. |
Sounds very similar to my own configuration, only I have 2 GB RAM. Windows 7 is running very smoothly. I also have Vista Home Pro 32 bit installed from the manufacturer (Sony) and that ran well too, but boot & shutdown times are much faster with 7 now (partly because it is a very recent install with little junk yet) and I will gradually shift my work to 7 now. |
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