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Our predictions for best PC Games and PC hardware in 2010. Future Proofing SSDs. Plus the pitfalls you need to be aware of when upgrading a 32-bit Windows installation to a 64-bit one.

Windows 7 Upgrade Blues

Samuel was being a good heated significant other and started the process of updating his girlfriends laptop from a 32-bit install of Windows to a 64-bit version of Windows 7 she got free. Unfortunately the process did not go smoothly with the installation failing and Samuel is wonder what the cause and solution might be.

In Samuel's case there are two probable culprits in his situations.

1) The laptop he is installing the 64-bit version of Windows 7 on is not in fact a 64-bit OS capable. Machine. Ideally you'd want to check for that initially. Either with a 3rd party program like CPU Z or using the inbuilt Windows Experience view and print tool.

2) Assuming her machine is in fact 64-bit OS capable you cannot run an upgrade install of 64-bit Windows 7 while running a 32-bit version of Windows. You need to boot from the Windows 7 DVD and do a custom (aka clean) install. The flip side is you'll need to back up all important data before the process... something you should do with any OS reinstall.

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2010 Predictions: Best Games and Best PC Hardware, Future Proofed SSDs, Pitfalls of 32-bit to 64-bit Windows Upgrades.

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

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