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11/29/2010 03:08:31 AM · #1 |
| I'm in the painful process of transitioning from Windows XP to Windows 7. Unfortunately, I've already installed the 32-bit, but have the option to install the 64-bit in the next day or so. I'm wondering if anyone is using the 64-bit and if so, is it worth it to go through the entire reinstalling of programs, etc. AGAIN. |
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11/29/2010 03:11:25 AM · #2 |
Originally posted by tanguera:
I'm in the painful process of transitioning from Windows XP to Windows 7. Unfortunately, I've already installed the 32-bit, but have the option to install the 64-bit in the next day or so. I'm wondering if anyone is using the 64-bit and if so, is it worth it to go through the entire reinstalling of programs, etc. AGAIN. |
hey buddy, about the only diff you will see is in how much RAM it can address, unless you have programs that are 64 bit it's not really worth it |
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11/29/2010 03:47:25 AM · #3 |
64 bit is the direction everything is moving, but it isn't moving very fast. The direction of computing is also to assume a ton of memory is available to the programs you run, and the 3Gb max that 32 bit can use is going to be used up pretty fast. My last laptop upgrade I went with 64 bit architecture, and got Photoshop and Lightroom in 64 bit. I'm not sure if they are natively faster or if the faster response is due to the extra memory, but it is much faster than when it was starved for memory. Win 7 64 bit can use between 8 Gb in basic, up to 192Gb in professional.
Whether or not the upgrade is worth it for you would depend on how much longer you plan to use your computer. |
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11/29/2010 07:50:09 AM · #4 |
I would use the 64 bit and start over....If your using 2gb of memory right now it is not a big deal either way, but if you upgrade to 4GB and can only use three? That will not be fun. Bite the bullet, do it now when you pc does not have any data on it....oh, and make sure you have an extra external HDD for backups for WHEN your hard drive fails. Sorry to bring you down, but it all should be said.
P.S. I am using windows XP with 4GB of memory ;) I do not want to reload my SSD Hard drive! ahaha
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11/29/2010 07:56:40 AM · #5 |
| do you have a 64 bit processor? |
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11/29/2010 11:52:34 AM · #6 |
Originally posted by smardaz:
Originally posted by tanguera:
I'm in the painful process of transitioning from Windows XP to Windows 7. Unfortunately, I've already installed the 32-bit, but have the option to install the 64-bit in the next day or so. I'm wondering if anyone is using the 64-bit and if so, is it worth it to go through the entire reinstalling of programs, etc. AGAIN. |
hey buddy, about the only diff you will see is in how much RAM it can address, unless you have programs that are 64 bit it's not really worth it |
Although he's right about the RAM, he's wrong about not being worth it. Go 64bit, you won't regret it. Photo apps love lots of memory and going 64bit will give you the opportunity to get lots of it when you will need it. |
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11/29/2010 12:06:19 PM · #7 |
I'm confused. Can I install 64-bit Windows 7 on a brand new hard drive but with older hardware (CPU, RAM and board)?
ETA: -- in anticipation of upgrading hardware later.
Message edited by author 2010-11-29 12:08:09. |
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11/29/2010 12:18:00 PM · #8 |
| Not all motherboards 64 compatible. check if your hardware 64 compatible first. Then, stop by one of the gizmos websites and read Win 7 64 minimum requirements. If you are compatible with 64 bit, and if you are thinking to upgrade it later on, I suggest go for it, because most 64 systems ready for Windows 7 (most of them). I now use Win 7 Home Premium edition with 64 bit (Pentium Dual Core 2.2 GHz CPU, 300 Gb HD, 3Gb memory, Toshiba Laptop) |
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11/29/2010 12:54:13 PM · #9 |
Thank you all. I do have 64-bit compatible processor, which is why this whole consideration began (Sweetie offered to give me one of the ones he'd just bought). I just wish these computer wizards figured out how to import all the important information from your previous setup (email contacts/settings, etc., and word-processing set-up and formatting choices) - the stuff that takes forever to set up all over again BEFORE wiping out everything. I've tried using the old normal.dot files but that doesn't seem to make a difference.
The angst about upgrading was not about going 64-bit itself, but that I'd already bit the bullet with the 32-bit, since I had a ton of work to do over the weekend, and the time to upgrade. I did not find out until I was half-way done that I could use one of his 64-bit versions. Just the installing of the email was torture, and I still lost half my emails (some of which contained key #s - yeah, yeah, I hadn't copied them yet). But I WAS having memory issues (or rather the computer was) when editing in PS. So I guess the die is cast.
Again, thanks to everyone for their pov.
@  bvy - it's the processor that determines if it can support 64-bit. Look up the model number and check on line. How old is "old"? |
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12/02/2010 05:42:12 PM · #10 |
| Thanks, Johanna. So I actually need a 64 bit processor for that version of Windows 7 to work. I wasn't sure. ("Old" is four or five years old.) |
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01/14/2011 11:45:09 PM · #11 |
Turns out I have a 64 bit processor.
Currently I'm running Windows XP on an older 250 GB hard drive. I bought a 500 GB hard drive and installed and formatted it. There's nothing on it; I haven't even mapped the drive.
I want to put 64 bit Windows 7 on the new hard drive. It would be nice to have the option to boot to either Win7 on the new drive or XP on the old drive. This will give me some time to make the transition. How exactly would I set this up? |
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01/15/2011 12:01:09 AM · #12 |
I believe Windows will offer you that option. I installed 7 on a separate partition and I now have a boot menu that offers Win7 or Vista. I don't recall if it gave me the option or automatically set it up.
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01/15/2011 04:09:44 AM · #13 |
Just make sure there's a 64-bit driver version for your printer and check it any of your apps do not support 64-bits.
However, if your hardware supports it, go for 64-bit if only for the fact that you can put more than 4 GB of RAM in it. Plus it is faster and there will be less load on your CPU. |
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01/15/2011 03:16:48 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by Guruinn:
Just make sure there's a 64-bit driver version for your printer and check it any of your apps do not support 64-bits.
However, if your hardware supports it, go for 64-bit if only for the fact that you can put more than 4 GB of RAM in it. Plus it is faster and there will be less load on your CPU. |
doesnt matter, you can run x86 programs on a x64 OS, they just wont utilize the x64 processing. |
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01/15/2011 03:19:46 PM · #15 |
It was a fast and completely painless install. Took about a half hour. In fact, I'm logged on to Windows 7 now. Just to be safe, I disconnected the other hard drive. I'll plug it back in and see if I get a dual boot option.
Thanks everyone for the help. |
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01/15/2011 04:04:29 PM · #16 |
Originally posted by bvy:
It was a fast and completely painless install. Took about a half hour. In fact, I'm logged on to Windows 7 now. Just to be safe, I disconnected the other hard drive. I'll plug it back in and see if I get a dual boot option. |
If you had it unplugged while installing Win7, you won't get a dual boot option, because the installer was unaware there was another version of Windows on the machine. So it would not have created a boot menu. It might boot from the XP drive again. You may need to go into the bios and identify which drive to boot from.
Message edited by author 2011-01-15 16:04:59.
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01/15/2011 05:31:39 PM · #17 |
Thanks. I wish I had known.
Can you recommend a simple disk (ISO) mounting program that actually works on Win7 64 bit? I've tried imdisk and MagicDisk, and they were about as useful as wet toilet paper. Thanks. |
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01/15/2011 05:56:19 PM · #18 |
| I don't know about your computer, but at boot time my HP gives me the option to change which drive I boot from. Unless I have a system where I have more than one bootable partition on the same drive, I prefer it this way. Check your bios set up, and see if you can change the boot drive preference. |
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