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 Posted: Mon, 4th Nov 2013 20:12 Post subject: Upgrading to windows 7 64 bit? |
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Hi guys, I want to upgrade from my windows 7 32 bit to 64 bit. What is the best way? Use upgrade install or a clean install? The only problem is I have over 30 games installed on 2 HHD's . Plus a shite load of programs installed. Any helpful step by step links. Thank you.
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| Posted: Mon, 4th Nov 2013 20:40 Post subject: |
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i dont think upgrading x86 to x64 would be that smooth, something will definitely get fucked along the way, so clean install is probably best
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| Posted: Mon, 4th Nov 2013 20:44 Post subject: |
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You can't use an upgrade install to go from x86 to x64, I'm afraid, clean install is your only option.
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| Posted: Mon, 4th Nov 2013 20:49 Post subject: |
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Damn...so do you guys know of any really good tutorials that would help smooth this process. Fuck knows I will forget something and spend too long reinstalling and redownloading programs to be up and running again. Thanks again!!
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| Posted: Mon, 4th Nov 2013 21:41 Post subject: |
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The best solution: Don't! Don't install anything right away! Do it lazily, installing as you need something. This is the best solution. People don't believe how much shit they have installed without needing. Prepare the drivers you need (64-bit versions) in a folder, and install them right away. Then as you need something, download and install. Make a backup of your picture and document folders.
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| Posted: Mon, 4th Nov 2013 21:46 Post subject: |
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| LeoNatan wrote: | | The best solution: Don't! Don't install anything right away! Do it lazily, installing as you need something. This is the best solution. People don't believe how much shit they have installed without needing. Prepare the drivers you need (64-bit versions) in a folder, and install them right away. Then as you need something, download and install. Make a backup of your picture and document folders. |
+1
And I always make a backup of my AppData folder aswell, for savegames and such.
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| Posted: Mon, 4th Nov 2013 21:55 Post subject: |
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If those games are installed via steam you can backup the steamapps directory and just drop it into the new one after the install is done. That will require some kind of separate drive though as its likely to be huge.
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| Posted: Mon, 4th Nov 2013 22:01 Post subject: |
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Thank you guys so much....I will start by making a list of "must haves" then I will save them to my 1TB portable drive....then slowly add what I need!!
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| Posted: Wed, 6th Nov 2013 13:36 Post subject: |
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Another question as I change over to 64 bit. I have 2 internal HDD's. One has the programs and apps plus the OS on it. The 2nd drive has all games on it. When I reinstall the OS to 64 bit will I be able to play the games off the 2nd HDD? I know I will have to take the game .exe's and make shortcuts to my desktop again....will the games work or will they have to be reinstalled? Thank you
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| zellar wrote: | | Another question as I change over to 64 bit. I have 2 internal HDD's. One has the programs and apps plus the OS on it. The 2nd drive has all games on it. When I reinstall the OS to 64 bit will I be able to play the games off the 2nd HDD? I know I will have to take the game .exe's and make shortcuts to my desktop again....will the games work or will they have to be reinstalled? Thank you |
Well that really depends on how they were installed.... If they are steam or origin games you should be able to just copy/paste them into the new steam/origin directories without having to re-download everything again. Good luck!
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| Posted: Wed, 6th Nov 2013 15:29 Post subject: |
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As a tip, unplug all - not needed - HDDs while installing Windows. This will prevent you from 1) formating the wrong HDD and 2) from screwing up the Win installation.
I once had the case that Windows decided to create the boot sector on a different hdd than the one I wanted to install Windows on. It has something to do with priority of the disks, but easiest is just to unplug all other disks.
In your case, plug in the game hdd after you set up your drivers and updates and have a look which games need a reinstall. Most games should work fine, especially if you are running them through steam.
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