Vista - Vista 64bit or 32bit, or Dual Boot?

I just recently got an HP TX1320US notebook computer. it's a dual core turion, with 2mb of RAM and a 250mb HD, and it came with Vista 32bit Home.

Should I go vista64? if so, would I need to upgrade the ram to 4mb, which is max ram? do I simply install it over my vista32 home, or do I need to backup files and reinstall everything?

Would going dual boot be better, and if so, how? do I repartition the hardrive inside the notebook, get another one? my notebook can only fit one HD.

Hi shagpal,
Do you have any 64-bit applications? I suspect not, as they are few in
number. Unless they are, you aren't going to get a whole lot out of x64
other than the ability to claim you are running it. You also would need to
check with HP to ensure that 64-bit drivers are actually available for the
system hardware, as without them you are going to have a less than
satisfactory experience.
That'd be 4GB, and not you don't need to. I have an x64 system that runs
fine on 2GB.
To change from 32-bit to 64, it's clean install only. There is no upgrade
capability.
You could try dual booting to see if you like it. You'd have to shrink the
existing system volume to create sufficient free space to create a second
one (and I wouldn't go less than 20GB). Technically, to do this you'd need 2
licenses as well, but from a trial standpoint you'd be able to get it
running. However, the installation of the second OS will likely munge the
proprietary bootloader used by HP making access to your recovery partition
impossible. You would want to have a set of system restore disks available
in case you want to go back.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"shagpal" <shagpal.33zvkc@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
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"shagpal" <shagpal.33zvkc@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
news:shagpal.33zvkc@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net...Is it a Core 2 Duo or AMD 64? If not, the older Intel dual-core chips
(like D)
won't run a 64-bit OS.

Tom Lake

it's a turion amd 64 x2

"shagpal" <shagpal.33zvkc@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
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If you want trouble free operation and maximum compatibility, stay with the
32bit OS for now..

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Mike Hall - MVP
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx

shagpal,

Did you go though with this? I'm debating the same. I have need for some
64-bit apps and I also want to ensure my 32-bit apps have a place to run
until they get updated. I do not want to mess with VirtualPCs. When I'm
running in one mode I want optimal performance.

I want to do this right the first time so some planning is involved. Here
are my thoughts:

How do I want to partition my single HD?
C: Vista OS (32 or 64-bit) with preferred size for OS = ??GB
D: Vista OS (64 or 32-bit) with preferred size for OS = ??GB
E: Applications and Data Files

Should I install applications on the OS drives or can they go to E drive?
Do I need to duplicate application installations if the app is to run on
both OSes?
Does Office provide 64-bit versions? If so, is there a practice at
conserving HD space with a 64-bit install and a 32-bit install?


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Best wishes
Keith Nicholson


"shagpal" wrote:

I haven't done a thing yet.

lmk if you do tho.

cheers.