SOLVED Win 7 Installation

[oneoleguy]

Hello,

I read the article and the responses to the Win 7 (64bit vs 32bit) and I have a couple of questions. I have Vista Home Basic on my 32 bit machine. I was told that:

1) I could not upgrade to anything but Home Basic and
2) Any attempt to move to 64bit from a 32bit OS couldn't be done. I would have to format the partition and then I would have to do a full install the 64bit OS.

Is the above information correct?

oneoleguy

 

[RickO]

My Windows 7 installation failed with no warnings. Windows Vista runs as usual. When I try the upgrade install again i receive the following error code: 0x80070005. I have an HP laptop model dv7-1183cl which has two hard drives built into it.
I ran the install overnight. In the morning, I was faced with a blank screen except for two choices, which siad something like
0: Emulation set
1: Emulation set

Choose one:

I assume this was my choice to select which drive to boot from. I guessed drive 1 and this failed to reboot. So the second time I selected 0 and that brought me back to normal Vista operations (pre-upgrade).

 

[clifford_cooley]

Hi oneoleguy - Welcome to w7forums

Take a look at this chart and if you have further questions let us know

https://www.w7forums.com/upgrading-your-pc-windows-7-a-t1444.html

You can not upgrade from a 32-Bit OS to a 64-Bit OS. A clean install must be performed.

 

[clifford_cooley]

Hi RickO - Welcome to w7forums

Your problem is one I have not encountered before. Perhaps one of the other members can help you. If I find something I will report back.

 

[oneoleguy]

Thank you Clifford, that was exactly what I needed.

You can mark this thread as solved.

Again, thanks!