Vista - RC1 64bit on Sony VAIO Notebook VGN-FS3153

I ran the Windows Upgrade Advisor, it has no issues with my system and
displays "your computer can run vista" - cut the iso file I downloaded onto a
disk - no problem, once I insert the disk it reads then displays your system
cannot run this operating system ??

I am running windows XP, has it got anything to do with 32 and 64 Bit - I
downloaded the 64 bit.

You cannot upgrade a 32 bit operating system to a 64 bit one, or start the
install from within XP. You would have to boot with the DVD to install RC1
x64.
And of course, your cpu must be 64 bit capable.

"William Henry" <William Henry@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3249BED0-1C7B-4AB9-A3DC-DE0DBF7CF706@microsoft.com...
>I ran the Windows Upgrade Advisor, it has no issues with my system and
> displays "your computer can run vista" - cut the iso file I downloaded
> onto a
> disk - no problem, once I insert the disk it reads then displays your
> system
> cannot run this operating system ??
>
> I am running windows XP, has it got anything to do with 32 and 64 Bit - I
> downloaded the 64 bit.

Thank you Jane, a couple of questions on the points you raised if you dont
mind, I have just checked my system properties and this is what is displayed:

Microsoft XP Home edition, Intel Celeron M 1.60GHz - how do i check to see
my processor capabilities, I am going to google it to start with?

"Jane C" wrote:

> You cannot upgrade a 32 bit operating system to a 64 bit one, or start the
> install from within XP. You would have to boot with the DVD to install RC1
> x64.
> And of course, your cpu must be 64 bit capable.
>
> "William Henry" <William Henry@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:3249BED0-1C7B-4AB9-A3DC-DE0DBF7CF706@microsoft.com...
> >I ran the Windows Upgrade Advisor, it has no issues with my system and
> > displays "your computer can run vista" - cut the iso file I downloaded
> > onto a
> > disk - no problem, once I insert the disk it reads then displays your
> > system
> > cannot run this operating system ??
> >
> > I am running windows XP, has it got anything to do with 32 and 64 Bit - I
> > downloaded the 64 bit.
>
>

The Celeron M series are not 64 bit capable. (No EM64T designation)

http://www.intel.com/products/proces...on_m/index.htm


"William Henry" <WilliamHenry@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E61DE63B-CC8A-4F70-8858-CD124FECA7DC@microsoft.com...
> Thank you Jane, a couple of questions on the points you raised if you dont
> mind, I have just checked my system properties and this is what is
> displayed:
>
> Microsoft XP Home edition, Intel Celeron M 1.60GHz - how do i check to
> see
> my processor capabilities, I am going to google it to start with?
>
> "Jane C" wrote:
>
>> You cannot upgrade a 32 bit operating system to a 64 bit one, or start
>> the
>> install from within XP. You would have to boot with the DVD to install
>> RC1
>> x64.
>> And of course, your cpu must be 64 bit capable.
>>
>> "William Henry" <William Henry@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message
>> news:3249BED0-1C7B-4AB9-A3DC-DE0DBF7CF706@microsoft.com...
>> >I ran the Windows Upgrade Advisor, it has no issues with my system and
>> > displays "your computer can run vista" - cut the iso file I downloaded
>> > onto a
>> > disk - no problem, once I insert the disk it reads then displays your
>> > system
>> > cannot run this operating system ??
>> >
>> > I am running windows XP, has it got anything to do with 32 and 64 Bit -
>> > I
>> > downloaded the 64 bit.
>>
>>

William Henry wrote:
> Thank you Jane, a couple of questions on the points you raised if you
> dont mind, I have just checked my system properties and this is what
> is displayed:
>
> Microsoft XP Home edition, Intel Celeron M 1.60GHz - how do i check
> to see my processor capabilities, I am going to google it to start
> with?

I'd maybe go to Intel (www.intel.com) and look at their specification sheets
for processors if I were you, though I'm actually pretty sure that all the
Celeron M series DO NOT support 64 bit at the moment, so you might well want
to try the 32bit version of Vista instead.

Intel apparently call their 64 bit support "EM64T" these days when you're
looking at their website, though most other people on the planet call it
"EMT64", so you'll wanna be aware of both those terms if you do decide to
Google it.


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Robert Moir

www.robertmoir.com