[SOLVED] Need some help with upgrading OS

[Czar of Games]

Just bought a used PC for a good deal everything is nice with it except I didn't realize that the OS is 32bit and not a 64bit its Windows 10 Pro
I plan to use the pc for gaming so I was wonder how I can upgrade the os from 32 to 64 I know there is someway to do it with a usb or something but can someone give me a detailed tutorial or something. (Bought Pc from FB Marketplace)

 

[USAFRet]

Just bought a used PC for a good deal everything is nice with it except I didn't realize that the OS is 32bit and not a 64bit its Windows 10 Pro
I plan to use the pc for gaming so I was wonder how I can upgrade the os from 32 to 64 I know there is someway to do it with a usb or something but can someone give me a detailed tutorial or something. (Bought Pc from FB Marketplace)

Windows 10?

You will absolutely need to do a full wipe and reinstall.
There is no 'upgrade' from 32bit to 64bit.

And for any used system, you personally need to do a full wipe and reinstall anyway.

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[britechguy]

And make sure that when you download the ISO or create the bootable USB media using the Media Creation Tool that you explicitly select the 64-bit version.

If you are creating this on your current machine, it will likely default to 32-bit, as every time I've run the Media Creation Tool it tries to match what's currently on the system. It's a simple matter to uncheck the checkbox that makes this "match it" behavior occur and manually select the 64-bit version.

Doing a completely clean reinstall (options a & b are downloadable PDF files):

a) Completely Clean Win10 (Re)install Using MCT to Download Win10 ISO File

b) Completely Clean Win10 (Re)install Using MCT to Create a Bootable USB Drive

c) How to do a CLEAN Installation of Windows 10 (Tom’s Hardware Forums, with screen shots)