how can i install a 64 bit os on windows 7 32

[pathil123]

I have a PC I was building it has vista 32 on it and I was wanting to put windows 7 64 bit on it I know it is compatible. I have the disk when I try to put it in there and have it boot by disk it will give an error while installing I tryed to put it in on the flash drive and set it as the main boot device in the bios and it acts like it ain't there and boots to windows vista and so I tryed running the setup on windows vista it gives a error saying you can't do this on a 32 bit is and it says I have to boot to it. My specs is a landmark dk790fx m2rsh 4 GB gskill 800 mghz a 80 GB Seagate HDD and a and anthlon 64 x2 5600+ duel core processor

 

[USAFRet]

You have to boot from the install media. You can't start the process from inside a running Vista 32bit system.

Trying to boot from the install media, what error does it give you?

 

[zeyuanfu]

Boot from CD/DVD or USB flash drive.

 

[drtweak]

are you planning on doing an Upgrade or a Clean install? I Wouldn't do an upgrade unless you had too. Besides going from 32 to 64 or 64 to 32 requires a clean install to begin with.

So if you just do an Upgrade then No you can't do it. If you do a Clean install you can. So now that with out of the way

1) Do you have all your stuff that is on the C Drive backed up?

2) What is the exact error it gives when you boot from the disk?

3) when you put it on a flash drive how did you do it? If the drive wasn't made a bootable drive it won't work.

 

[Chicano]

Only with a clean installation... Either format the C drive or install the 64Bit on a second partition or secondary hard drive.

 

[pathil123]

1. Yes do have everything backed up
2.I can't tell you off top of the head but it happens when its installing windows after I boot from the disk I've seen it make it to 98 to 50 I think the disk is just to scratched up
3 I followed the instructions on this site http://arstechnica.com/business/2009/12/the-usb-flash-drive/2/

 

[Chicano]

It's probably a bad Optical drive, badly scratched DVD, or if it's a burned DVD, errors during the burn. USB installation doesn't have such a problem, so it's the best solution. I'd suggest using Windows 8 USB Installer Maker to make the USB Windows 7 installer... it's much easier than making it manually, and failproof.

To make USB boot:
1. set it as first boot device in the BIOS.

2. If it still doesn't boot, it should be detected by the BIOS as a Hard Drive and listed under the Hard Drive as Number 2 HD... set the USB Drive as the Num 1 Hard Drive and it should boot right up.

3. You can also boot to USB from the Boot Device Selection, using the key you can see in the BIOS Post... it's usually F12.

4. When the Windows installer finishes loading 100% of the installation files and it reboots the computer, if you managed to set the auto USB boot it will try rebooting to the USB and start over instead of booting to the Hard Drive to continue with the Installation. To bypass this, use the key for the Boot Device Selection to boot from the Hard Drive and continue installing Windows.

Windows 8 USB Installer Maker 1.0
http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/System-Miscellaneous/Windows-8-USB-Installer-Maker.shtml