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Old 08-24-2008   #2 (permalink)
Mick Murphy


 
 

RE: Windows vista Home Premium 64-bit edition OEM

I would suggest that you post your Hardware Specs.
Is your computer capable of running a 64bit Operating System?

You can not upgrade 32 to 64bit; has to be a clean install.
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Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia


"Tom 12" wrote:
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> I wanted to upgrade to Windows Vista 64-bit for awhile because I want to be
> able to add more memory to the system, I didn't care about any of the files
> or settings so i wanted to do a clean installation. So I brough a 64-bit
> Windows Vista Home Premium OEM and then selected the system BIOS to boot from
> my CD-DVD optical drive, but when I inserted the disc it simply loaded files
> like an upgrade disk and came up with a blank screen. So then I tryed to
> upgrade from the 32-bit Windows XP home edition I have Installed, but it came
> up with an error message saying this disk can't run on this version of
> Windows. So I want to ask two questions, Firstly do how do I get the disk to
> install the OS rather than just loading the files? And failing that how I can
> getting running on the existing version of Windows I have installed?
>
> Thanks
> --
> tom
My System SpecsSystem Spec