Upgrading to 7

[domlin]

Hey there, Hope this is in the right section...
I have Vista Ultimate 64 bit running on my Acer Aspire 7535... I am wanting to upgrade to 7, but have been faced with a very confusing problem.

When I put my win7 disk in and open the setup (from within vista) I am asked if i would like to install x64 or x86 windows 7, and here's the confusing bit... regardless of what one of these I choose, i am faced with this error message report:

You can’t upgrade 64-bit Windows to a 32-bit version of Windows. To upgrade, obtain a 64-bit version of the installation disc, or go online to see how to install Windows 7 and keep your files and settings.


32-bit Windows cannot be upgraded to a 64-bit version of Windows. To upgrade, obtain a 32-bit version of the Windows installation disc.

This just baffled me... It appears that the windows 7 setup doesn't think that my vista is either 32 or 64 bit.

I'm lost, any help is greatly appreciated

Thanks and kind regards,
Dom

 

[Brink]

Hello Dom, and welcome to Vista Forums.

Where did you get your copy of Windows 7 from?

Is this a upgrade or full version of Windows 7 installation disc?

 

[MilesAhead]

Have you check the info in this tutorial?

Clean Install with a Upgrade Windows 7 Version - Windows 7 Forums

Dang! Brink hit the button first again!!

 

[domlin]

Hello Dom, and welcome to Vista Forums.

Where did you get your copy of Windows 7 from?

Is this a upgrade or full version of Windows 7 installation disc?

I bought it from amazon when I built my Gaming PC a few years ago, its a full install disk not an upgrade one.

 

[Brink]

Domlin,

I would recommend to backup anything that you didn't want to lose first, and have all of your driver installation files downloaded to another location and ready to go after doing a clean install of Windows 7 instead of upgrading from within Vista. You would have a lot less potential issues with a clean install.

 

[Shadowjk]

I didn't even know you could have a x86 and x64 Install on one Disk