Vista - g'day....installing.....

hi there hope everyone is well out there!


Once again i write here to find out some very neccessary info that i am finding hard to locate , i hope some one will have some inclination on this subject.

is there a complete correct way to install vista /windows 7 64bit and keep all of 32bit installed programs and files in there orginal place? Its taken more than a year to get all of the settings and programs to this condition and i now need to upgrade to 64bit so that i can use all of that extra RAM.! any ideas on the way ahead would be most grateful....


cheers

tyrellcorp <guest@newsgroup-email.com> wrote:
I doubt it. Going from 32-bit to 64-bit in Vista requires a clean
install.

I doubt that has changed.

so you cant use a 32bit back up on a 64bit installation?

I don't even know what you mean by creating a 32 OS bit back up of a 64 bit
OS installation

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"tyrellcorp" <guest@newsgroup-email.com> wrote in message
news:ed57c02d495dd1abae8b234fe991b6fc@newsgroup-gateway.com...Your best bet is to install the 64 bit Win 7 in a dual boot
configuration. That way, you will have access to all your
apps, while taking time to set up Win 7 to your liking. To
do this Win 7 would need to be on a separate drive, or
partition.

If you're migrating to 64 bit Win 7, why not wait until the
Oct 22 retail release. Then you won't have to reinstall
when your beta, or RC Win 7 expires.

i thought the RC runs out next august. I have tried the dual method and got fed up with having to continually shut down and start to move between the OS's. and that also ties up a hard drive which isnt being used for 50% of the time. I thought that there might be a way to install the 64bit and then install the back up of the 32 bit programs with all of their individual prefernences intact. without having to uninstall all of my programs and then installing them all again after i have installed the 64bit os.
how reliable is a back up anyway? does it put all of the computer back EXACTLY as it was , i think i would always feel that something was not right or something.

"tyrellcorp" <guest@newsgroup-email.com> wrote in message
news:a39e1d6e4c6e992e9baa56e95a1e15c8@newsgroup-gateway.com...There's no way to backup applications and reinstall them in
a new OS installation. It's not just a matter of copying the
program Files folders for each app. There are thousands of
directory entries spread throughout the registry. If you're
going from a 32 bit to a 64 bit OS, there's also the 32 vs 64
bit separation. They have their own Program Files folders,
and system32 folders. Another consideration is that there
are 32 bit apps that are 64 bit OS aware, and may install one
or more 64 bit extensions, (.dll or .sys), for compatibility.
MS Office 2007 is one.

so it looks like there is no way to get around the "install all again" suituation , it seems i will have to start from scratch again , which is annoying , it took well over a year to get the computer to how it is now , its a lot of work just to get my machine to utlise all the extra ram. thanks anyway

just back up all your files and reinstall, programs you will have to reconfigure. sorry mate