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Upgrade from Windows 7 32bit to 64bit

  • 17-08-2013 09:19PM
    #1
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 5,334 ✭✭✭


    Have a Windows 7 PC running on 32bit but want to update it to 64bit.
    I've read you have to back everything up as it will do a clean install of 64bit. Trouble is kids are running Steam games, mine craft etc. I have a few years of pictures on which are backed up to Skydrive.
    Read that restoring onto 64bit from 32 bit could be an issue.

    Any suggestions how I go about it without losing user data?


Comments

  • #2
    Torqay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,835 ✭✭✭Torqay


    derekeire wrote: »
    Have a Windows 7 PC running on 32bit but want to update it to 64bit.

    Any particular reason why you want to "update"?
    derekeire wrote: »
    I've read you have to back everything up as it will do a clean install of 64bit.

    Correct, you can't install 64-bit Windows over an existing 32-bit Windows installation.
    derekeire wrote: »
    Trouble is kids are running Steam games

    Using the Steam Backup Feature
    derekeire wrote: »
    I have a few years of pictures on which are backed up to Skydrive.
    Read that restoring onto 64bit from 32 bit could be an issue.

    Any suggestions how I go about it without losing user data?

    There should be no "issues" with Skydrive on 64-bit Windows. However, the "cloud" is no substitute for a local backup of personal files (ext HDD, DVD, etc).


  • #3
    unkel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60,136 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    derekeire wrote: »
    Have a Windows 7 PC running on 32bit but want to update it to 64bit.

    Not really an update / upgrade to go 64bit, unless you need to use very memory hungry applications and need to use more than 4GB of RAM (most people don't)

    Does your PC even have more than 4GB installed in it or are you planning to upgrade it?

    "Make no mistake. The days of the internal combustion engine are definitely numbered" - Quentin Willson, 1997



  • #4
    Dynamo Roller
    Closed Accounts Posts: 166 ✭✭Dynamo Roller


    Install this on your current setup http://www.gamesave-manager.com/ to grab all your save game files. Put the output files onto a disk or upload it somewhere. Reinstall all your games on new system and this program and it will put the saves back in their proper folders for you


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