Vista to windows 7 help

nostaw5

nostaw5

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man do i post alot of threads. OK. Theres a pc in my family. i want to upgrade it to windows 7. here's the the thing. It has vista OEM so i have no driver cds. If i wanted to upgrade to 64 from32 clean install will it keep my drivers eg

-wireless drivers
-graphics card driver
-display driver

any others

SIMPLY will it keep/install the drivers???
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Gaming Rig 780G
    CPU
    AMG Athlon II X2 255 3.8/2MB/2500MHz 45nm AM3
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte GA-MA78LMT-S2 AM3, Core Boost, Ultra Durable 3
    Memory
    2X 4GB Kingston DDR3 1066MHz @ 1666MHz Dual Channel
    Graphics card(s)
    HIS HD Radeon 7770 GHz Edition iCooler Core: 1000MHz
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell E2311H DVI/VGA 5ms response, Full HD
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080 @ 60Hz
    Hard Drives
    320GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.02 SATA II
    PSU
    Cooler Master Extreme Power Plus 700w
    Case
    Lian-Li PC-6010 With Side Window
    Cooling
    Aywun A4 80mm fan
    Mouse
    Logitech K120 Wired Mouse
    Keyboard
    Logitech K120 Wired Keyboard
    Internet Speed
    802.11B/G/N 17Mb/s
    Other Info
    AMD Catalyst 12.6 Thomson A/B/G/N Router LiteON CD/DVD Player GAME PERFORMANCE: Battlefield 3: 41 FPS High 1x AA @ 1280x720 Mass Effect 2 and 3: 60 FPS Highest 4x AA @ 1920x1080 Counter Strike Source (and other Valve games): 300 FPS (max FPS in game) Highest settings 8x AA 16x AF @ 1920x1080!!!
You can not upgrade a 32-bit Windows to a 64-bit, or vice versa. The only possibility is to do a clean install. When doing a clean install, you lose everything you had. You must reinstall all the applications, drivers and personal files.

You can in-place upgrade (keep your settings, files and apps) only when both the old and the new OS are the same, either 32-bit or 64-bit. Read more about in-place upgrade here.

You could learn more about upgrading and installing on our sister forums, the Seven Forums.

Kari
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavilion dv7-1199 Notebook
    CPU
    Intel Core2 Duo T9400 2.53 GHz
    Memory
    4 GB
    Graphics card(s)
    GeForce 9600M GT
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17" laptop display, 22" LCD and 32" Full HD TV through HDMI
    Screen Resolution
    1440*900, 1600*1050 and 1920*1080
    Hard Drives
    Internal: 2*Toshiba 320 GB MK3252GSX ATA, External: 1TB for backups, 1TB network drive for media
    Mouse
    Logitech MX1000 Laser (Bluetooth)
    Keyboard
    Logitech diNovo Media Desktop Laser (bluetooth)
    Internet Speed
    50 MB VDSL
    Other Info
    Windows 7 Ultimate Retail Full in English, additional Guest-user accounts in Finnish, German and Swedish (Working languages English & Swedish, Family language German, my own language, mother tongue, Finnish. I really need Ultimate to get to use Language Packs!)
nostaw5 said:
man do i post alot of threads. OK. Theres a pc in my family. i want to upgrade it to windows 7. here's the the thing. It has vista OEM so i have no driver cds. If i wanted to upgrade to 64 from32 clean install will it keep my drivers eg

-wireless drivers
-graphics card driver
-display driver

any others

SIMPLY will it keep/install the drivers???
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I cant believe I just sat here and typed for abou 15 minutes, only to hit the wrong key and lose it all:mad:
ANYway...Can you give some info about the system. Cant go far without that.:)
You cant install a x64 bit OS on a 32bit(X86) platform, if thats the case.

If i wanted to upgrade to 64 from32 clean install will it keep my drivers eg
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And those are two different installs. One suggest a "merge" of sorts, and a clean install means completely removing the previous OS and installing a "CLEAN" new OS. You can read Brinks tutorial for more info. (Sorry, I HAD typed it all out for you, but...)
It is in the Windows & forum here as well:
Tutorials - Windows 7 Forums
Let me know about that system, and I'll help you all I can.
 

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System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom
    CPU
    Core i7 860 Lynnfield
    Motherboard
    Asus P7P55D Deluxe
    Memory
    Corsair XMS 3 PC 1600Mhz
    Graphics card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD 5770
    Sound Card
    Onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LG 2350 Flatron HD
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    Barracuda 1Tb
    PSU
    650w Corsair
    Case
    Antec 900
    Cooling
    CoolerMaster Hyper212
    Mouse
    5 button w/speed control
    Keyboard
    yeah,somewhere...
    Internet Speed
    cable modem
    Other Info
    Running a very stable 3.6Ghz @ 8-8-8-24 1.65v
Kari said:
You can not upgrade a 32-bit Windows to a 64-bit, or vice versa. The only possibility is to do a clean install. When doing a clean install, you lose everything you had. You must reinstall all the applications, drivers and personal files.

You can in-place upgrade (keep your settings, files and apps) only when both the old and the new OS are the same, either 32-bit or 64-bit. Read more about in-place upgrade here.

You could learn more about upgrading and installing on our sister forums, the Seven Forums.

Kari
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MAN, if I hadnt had to REtype all that, you wouldnt have beat me to the punch...haha:roflmao:
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom
    CPU
    Core i7 860 Lynnfield
    Motherboard
    Asus P7P55D Deluxe
    Memory
    Corsair XMS 3 PC 1600Mhz
    Graphics card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD 5770
    Sound Card
    Onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LG 2350 Flatron HD
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    Barracuda 1Tb
    PSU
    650w Corsair
    Case
    Antec 900
    Cooling
    CoolerMaster Hyper212
    Mouse
    5 button w/speed control
    Keyboard
    yeah,somewhere...
    Internet Speed
    cable modem
    Other Info
    Running a very stable 3.6Ghz @ 8-8-8-24 1.65v
dreemwarrior said:
MAN, if I hadnt had to REtype all that, you wouldnt have beat me to the punch...haha:roflmao:
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:roflmao:

I'm new here, came over from SF because I wanted to see this, too, so I have to try to be fast to get some rep ;)

See you on the other side...

Kari
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavilion dv7-1199 Notebook
    CPU
    Intel Core2 Duo T9400 2.53 GHz
    Memory
    4 GB
    Graphics card(s)
    GeForce 9600M GT
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17" laptop display, 22" LCD and 32" Full HD TV through HDMI
    Screen Resolution
    1440*900, 1600*1050 and 1920*1080
    Hard Drives
    Internal: 2*Toshiba 320 GB MK3252GSX ATA, External: 1TB for backups, 1TB network drive for media
    Mouse
    Logitech MX1000 Laser (Bluetooth)
    Keyboard
    Logitech diNovo Media Desktop Laser (bluetooth)
    Internet Speed
    50 MB VDSL
    Other Info
    Windows 7 Ultimate Retail Full in English, additional Guest-user accounts in Finnish, German and Swedish (Working languages English & Swedish, Family language German, my own language, mother tongue, Finnish. I really need Ultimate to get to use Language Packs!)
thanks :)
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Gaming Rig 780G
    CPU
    AMG Athlon II X2 255 3.8/2MB/2500MHz 45nm AM3
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte GA-MA78LMT-S2 AM3, Core Boost, Ultra Durable 3
    Memory
    2X 4GB Kingston DDR3 1066MHz @ 1666MHz Dual Channel
    Graphics card(s)
    HIS HD Radeon 7770 GHz Edition iCooler Core: 1000MHz
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell E2311H DVI/VGA 5ms response, Full HD
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080 @ 60Hz
    Hard Drives
    320GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.02 SATA II
    PSU
    Cooler Master Extreme Power Plus 700w
    Case
    Lian-Li PC-6010 With Side Window
    Cooling
    Aywun A4 80mm fan
    Mouse
    Logitech K120 Wired Mouse
    Keyboard
    Logitech K120 Wired Keyboard
    Internet Speed
    802.11B/G/N 17Mb/s
    Other Info
    AMD Catalyst 12.6 Thomson A/B/G/N Router LiteON CD/DVD Player GAME PERFORMANCE: Battlefield 3: 41 FPS High 1x AA @ 1280x720 Mass Effect 2 and 3: 60 FPS Highest 4x AA @ 1920x1080 Counter Strike Source (and other Valve games): 300 FPS (max FPS in game) Highest settings 8x AA 16x AF @ 1920x1080!!!
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