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Old October 24th 12, 01:22 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Mike Skuczas
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Can I upgrade from Windows 7 32 bit to Windows 8 64 bit and not have to
reinstall all my programs?
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Old October 24th 12, 01:51 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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Mike Skuczas wrote:
Can I upgrade from Windows 7 32 bit to Windows 8 64 bit and not have to
reinstall all my programs?


We can use the previous chart for guidance. In-place upgrade here
was only possible, if staying at the same "bit level".

http://www.windows7password.net/wp-c...grade-Path.png

Now, you'll need to find the equivalent of that for Windows 8.
I couldn't find such a chart, but it might be out there somewhere.

You'd think with a 1 billion dollar advertising budget, they
could make a chart like that. A billion dollars buys a lot of
Powerpoint slides.

Paul
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Old October 24th 12, 02:02 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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"Mike Skuczas" wrote in message ...
Can I upgrade from Windows 7 32 bit to Windows 8 64 bit and not have to
reinstall all my programs?


No. You can't change from 32 to 64 bit via an upgrade.

http://www.windows7hacker.com/index....de-path-chart/


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Old October 24th 12, 03:38 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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On Wed, 24 Oct 2012 08:22:25 -0400, Mike Skuczas
wrote:

Can I upgrade from Windows 7 32 bit to Windows 8 64 bit and not have to
reinstall all my programs?



No. You can not upgrade at all. The only to change the "bitness" of
Windows (any version) is via a clean installation. That will cause the
loss of *everything* on your drive.


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Old October 24th 12, 04:35 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Zaphod Beeblebrox
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On Wed, 24 Oct 2012 07:38:14 -0700, "Ken Blake"
wrote in article ...

On Wed, 24 Oct 2012 08:22:25 -0400, Mike Skuczas
wrote:

Can I upgrade from Windows 7 32 bit to Windows 8 64 bit and not have to
reinstall all my programs?



No. You can not upgrade at all. The only to change the "bitness" of
Windows (any version) is via a clean installation. That will cause the
loss of *everything* on your drive.


Notwithstanding the accuracy of your reply, it seems you have lost your
"way" - or at least you have in the second sentence. :-)

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Old October 24th 12, 05:43 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Dave \Crash\ Dummy
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Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote:
On Wed, 24 Oct 2012 07:38:14 -0700, "Ken Blake"
wrote in article ...
On Wed, 24 Oct 2012 08:22:25 -0400, Mike Skuczas
wrote:

Can I upgrade from Windows 7 32 bit to Windows 8 64 bit and not
have to reinstall all my programs?


No. You can not upgrade at all. The only to change the "bitness" of
Windows (any version) is via a clean installation. That will cause
the loss of *everything* on your drive.


Notwithstanding the accuracy of your reply, it seems you have lost
your "way" - or at least you have in the second sentence. :-)


That happens a lot in newsgroups. The fingers lose synchronization with
the brain, and words get dropped. I've done myself. :-)
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Old October 24th 12, 06:41 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Ken Blake[_4_]
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On Wed, 24 Oct 2012 11:35:48 -0400, Zaphod Beeblebrox
wrote:

On Wed, 24 Oct 2012 07:38:14 -0700, "Ken Blake"
wrote in article ...

On Wed, 24 Oct 2012 08:22:25 -0400, Mike Skuczas
wrote:

Can I upgrade from Windows 7 32 bit to Windows 8 64 bit and not have to
reinstall all my programs?



No. You can not upgrade at all. The only to change the "bitness" of
Windows (any version) is via a clean installation. That will cause the
loss of *everything* on your drive.


Notwithstanding the accuracy of your reply, it seems you have lost your
"way" - or at least you have in the second sentence. :-)



LOL! I reread my second sentence several times before I saw that I had
left the word out, and realized what you meant.

Alas, I often do that.

Ken


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Old October 25th 12, 08:05 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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No...All 64bit Windows 8 installs are clean installs



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"Mike Skuczas" wrote in message ...

Can I upgrade from Windows 7 32 bit to Windows 8 64 bit and not have to
reinstall all my programs?

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Old October 25th 12, 12:37 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Dave \Crash\ Dummy
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....winston wrote:
No...All 64bit Windows 8 installs are clean installs


Even if the current system is 64 bit?
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Old October 25th 12, 12:50 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Mike Skuczas
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On 10/24/2012 8:22 AM, Mike Skuczas wrote:
Can I upgrade from Windows 7 32 bit to Windows 8 64 bit and not have to
reinstall all my programs?

Thanks for the replies. I was hoping to avoid the "pain" of reinstalling
everything. I guess I can't dual boot, can I?
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Old October 25th 12, 02:23 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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Hi, Mike.

I guess I can't dual boot, can I?


Dual-boot between 32-bit and 64-bit Windows? And/or between Win7 and Win8?
Sure, so long as you have enough free disk space to create multiple
partitions. And you are willing to go to the trouble to properly install
Windows more than once.

I was hoping to avoid the "pain" of reinstalling everything.


But simply dual-booting won't "avoid the 'pain'". You will still be running
32-bit Win7 in one partition, while running 64-bit Win8 in the other - but
only ONE AT A TIME. Neither Windows will know the other exists, except that
something is using up disk space in the other partition. Neither
installation will be able to use the other installation's Registry. So you
won't be able to run your 32-bit apps in 64-bit Win8, or vice versa. You'll
have to reboot into the other OS each time to run those apps. (There are a
few apps that can run without being installed; you can run them from either
OS: just browse to the .exe file and click, as we've always done.)

You'll need to re-install each app in Win8 so that each install process can
write the proper entries into the Win8 Registry. Simply having the files
on-disk is not enough for Windows (any version) to run Word or most other
apps. Your 32-bit apps should run fine in 64-bit Win8 AFTER you've booted
into Win8 and re-installed them there. For many apps, you can put the
executable and support files into a partition that can be read by either
OS, then boot into the other OS and install the app again into the same
partition. (I've done this for years and can enter data into Quicken using
Win8 in the morning, then reboot and read it using Win7 in the afternoon.)

Sorry, Mike, you can't completely avoid the pain. But WET (Windows Easy
Transfer) can reduce the pain considerably.

RC
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San Marcos, TX

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Windows Live Mail 2012 (Build 16.4.3505.0912) in Win8 (RTM Ent Eval)


"Mike Skuczas" wrote in message
...

On 10/24/2012 8:22 AM, Mike Skuczas wrote:
Can I upgrade from Windows 7 32 bit to Windows 8 64 bit and not have to
reinstall all my programs?

Thanks for the replies. I was hoping to avoid the "pain" of reinstalling
everything. I guess I can't dual boot, can I?

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Old October 25th 12, 05:47 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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On Thu, 25 Oct 2012 07:37:18 -0400, "Dave \"Crash\" Dummy"
wrote:

...winston wrote:
No...All 64bit Windows 8 installs are clean installs


Even if the current system is 64 bit?



No, I'm sure Winston didn't mean that (although he sounded like he
did). I did an upgrade from 64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate to 64-bit
Windows 8 Professional RTM a few days ago.


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Old October 25th 12, 07:54 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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Only in the context of the subject of this message (upgrade from W7-32 to W8-64)

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"Dave "Crash" Dummy" wrote in message ...

....winston wrote:
No...All 64bit Windows 8 installs are clean installs


Even if the current system is 64 bit?
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Old October 25th 12, 07:59 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
G. Morgan[_7_]
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Mike Skuczas wrote:

On 10/24/2012 8:22 AM, Mike Skuczas wrote:
Can I upgrade from Windows 7 32 bit to Windows 8 64 bit and not have to
reinstall all my programs?

Thanks for the replies. I was hoping to avoid the "pain" of reinstalling
everything. I guess I can't dual boot, can I?


Yes, I would hide the 32 bit partition first - then unhide it after the
64bit installation and use the installation disk to 'find' the 32 bit
one and make a boot menu for ya.

You can also use EasyBCD, Google for it.

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Old October 25th 12, 11:36 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Mike Skuczas
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Default Upgrade from Win 7 32 bit to Win 8 64

On 10/25/2012 9:23 AM, R. C. White wrote:
Hi, Mike.

I guess I can't dual boot, can I?


Dual-boot between 32-bit and 64-bit Windows? And/or between Win7 and
Win8? Sure, so long as you have enough free disk space to create
multiple partitions. And you are willing to go to the trouble to
properly install Windows more than once.

I was hoping to avoid the "pain" of reinstalling everything.


But simply dual-booting won't "avoid the 'pain'". You will still be
running 32-bit Win7 in one partition, while running 64-bit Win8 in the
other - but only ONE AT A TIME. Neither Windows will know the other
exists, except that something is using up disk space in the other
partition. Neither installation will be able to use the other
installation's Registry. So you won't be able to run your 32-bit apps
in 64-bit Win8, or vice versa. You'll have to reboot into the other OS
each time to run those apps. (There are a few apps that can run without
being installed; you can run them from either OS: just browse to the
.exe file and click, as we've always done.)

You'll need to re-install each app in Win8 so that each install process
can write the proper entries into the Win8 Registry. Simply having the
files on-disk is not enough for Windows (any version) to run Word or
most other apps. Your 32-bit apps should run fine in 64-bit Win8 AFTER
you've booted into Win8 and re-installed them there. For many apps, you
can put the executable and support files into a partition that can be
read by either OS, then boot into the other OS and install the app again
into the same partition. (I've done this for years and can enter data
into Quicken using Win8 in the morning, then reboot and read it using
Win7 in the afternoon.)

Sorry, Mike, you can't completely avoid the pain. But WET (Windows Easy
Transfer) can reduce the pain considerably.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX

Microsoft Windows MVP (2002-2010)
Windows Live Mail 2012 (Build 16.4.3505.0912) in Win8 (RTM Ent Eval)


"Mike Skuczas" wrote in message
...

On 10/24/2012 8:22 AM, Mike Skuczas wrote:
Can I upgrade from Windows 7 32 bit to Windows 8 64 bit and not have to
reinstall all my programs?

Thanks for the replies. I was hoping to avoid the "pain" of reinstalling
everything. I guess I can't dual boot, can I?

Just want to be able to just move a few over while keeping most still on
the 32 bit OS.
 




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