(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Ok so i built a pc and installed a windows vista 32bit i had and it messed up and says the cophy of vista is not genuine whenever i turn it on. So i want to completly wipe out the harddrive so i can install windows 7 64bit. Ive tried and tried but im not 100% sure on how to do it. If you can help please help me.

I know but i looked this up and supposibly you cant upgrade from a 32bit to a 64bit. I need 64bit because i have 8gb of ram and it will only let me use 3gb of it.

Ok, im gonna try to do it. I wont be going to bestbuy until later. But im 100% sure i will get windows 7 64bit today.

you can format the harddrive using the vista or windows 7 disk you go to custom install I think it is then go to format that will delete everything and I upraded from 32 bit to 64 no problem I didn't need to wipe the harddrive

Only if he does a custom install rather than an upgrade. You have to boot to cd in order to wipe it clean and install 64 bit.

If your wanting to wipe the hard drive use a program called Darik's Boot And Nuke. Its a good program and its free.

You mean reformatting the hard disk. Insert the disk into your computer and restart. Wait a few seconds and a black screen should appear and will ask you to press any button to continue. This will load up the Win 7 disk for you to reformat.

Go through and delete the partitions that are on your computer and then create a new. This will create a small 100mb partition for system settings and then the rest will be where you format and load Windows 7 onto it.



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32 + 32 does not equal a 64 bit system.

32 bits has a maximum value of ~2,147,000,000 million while 64 bits has, if a remember correctly, something like 18 quintillion values.