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| Thread ID: 106868 | 2010-01-26 05:34:00 | Upgrade 32 bit to 64 bit OS? | aklthomas (12936) | Press F1 |
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| 852132 | 2010-01-27 11:46:00 | You will no doubt have to pay more. | Sweep (90) | ||
| 852133 | 2010-01-29 08:49:00 | got the laptop back with no upgrade. I was told that if I want to upgrade, buy the Win7 64 bit DVD then take it back to harvey norman and they will upgrade it for me. Called HP, same answer, they ask me to call Microsoft. The Win7 Ultimate DVD cost around $500 (after discounted). I don't think it's worthy so may have to live with 32 bit. This sucks. | aklthomas (12936) | ||
| 852134 | 2010-01-29 09:02:00 | All of which means you should have done your homework in the first place. | Sweep (90) | ||
| 852135 | 2010-01-29 10:19:00 | One thing I'd try is to ask HP customer support if you can order a Windows 7 64 bit recovery disk. If you get that you can use it to reinstall with the 64 bit OS. It would cost a bit for postage and handling but nowhere near the cost of a new licence. The thing to ask for is the recovery disk, not for them to reinstall for you. Do follow Speedy's advice though, and check first on the HP website that they have Windows 7 64 bit drivers for your laptop. Just search for your laptop model number in the Support & Drivers section and see if there's a Windows 7 64 bit section. |
waldok (15185) | ||
| 852136 | 2010-01-29 10:22:00 | or you could go 64-bit for no money down and free yourself while you're at it cdimage.debian.org |
fred_fish (15241) | ||
| 852137 | 2010-01-29 10:42:00 | or you could go 64-bit for no money down and free yourself while you're at it cdimage.debian.org :clap:banana:clap:banana:punk |
KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 852138 | 2010-01-29 23:31:00 | As an "also", you don't need a 64-bit OS to use all your ram, just one that does PAE, like 32-bit Debian with a -bigmem kernel. | fred_fish (15241) | ||
| 852139 | 2010-01-30 02:59:00 | Thank you guys! will try everything you guys suggested. | aklthomas (12936) | ||
| 852140 | 2010-01-30 02:59:00 | As an "also", you don't need a 64-bit OS to use all your ram, just one that does PAE, like 32-bit Debian with a -bigmem kernel. What do you mean? Can you please give me a bit more details? Cheers |
aklthomas (12936) | ||
| 852141 | 2010-01-30 03:17:00 | Never having used Debian but reading between the lines I'm guessing that version although 32bit can use and see more than 31/2Gb of RAM | gary67 (56) | ||
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