Windows 7 help

**firefighter** · 30th August 2010, 14:43

Edit. Sorted. Thanks for the help.

If you are wanting to know what I did, I used my brain, and watched the start up screen, pushed esc when it flickered past and then basically told it to boot from the disc. Simple.....I did make it harder than I needed to but was just because I was looking in the wrong places.....(the 'F' key option menus). It was user error as I suspected

I have an HP laptop with windows 7 32bit installed.

I want to upgrade to windows 7 64bit.

I know I have to reboot or whathaveyou and I have to back up important stuff which i've done.

Can I get the windows 7 64bit OEM software and somehow install this or do I need the 600million dollar retail version?

I do'nt give a shit that I can only put the OEM version on to one computer and that's it, by the time I get anything new a new OS will be out anyway.

So, can I do it? Yes I already bought the OEM 64 bit disc, but it's not playing with me. I'm usually ok 'ish at this stuff but i'm stuck and have one of those feelings that i've wasted money on this disc and it wo'nt work for some reason or another. Oh and yes my computer is more than capable of actually handling 64bit. (i've tried restarting with the disc in and it just loads up the old system, and also yes it is genuine).

If you can help me that would be useful thanks. (I need some kinda coaching/instruction for this as I have turned cabbage on this matter).

Ta.

**Juzz976** · 30th August 2010, 14:49

Whats the reason you want to use 64bit?

Probably gonna be a nightmare being a compaq/hp notebook, they usually use proprietry firmware that requires any modifications to be completed and an approved agent. $$$

Might get away with it but make sure u can get complete set of drivers + check the software you are wanting to run will work on 64 bit OS.

**mashman** · 30th August 2010, 14:53

Running windows 7 64 bit is possible... even on an HP laptop

... Is it not booting from DVD? I did have some trouble with mine and seem to remember the HP tech getting me to disable a setting in the BIOD...

The HP site is spot on for windows 7 64-bit drivers

...

**avgas** · 30th August 2010, 14:56

If you have the OEM disc, and your previous install with the 32-bit was using an OEM disc, it should be a case of a simple install and your away. Its not complicated - its just an install as usual.

However I suspect that if your PC came with the 32-bit installed from the shop. Chances are that it all it can handle.

Any chance you can give us more info? What is actually not happening? Where does it stop in the install?

**avgas** · 30th August 2010, 14:58

Try pressing F2, F8 or F10 on startup.

For a while HP/Compac had the "C" key to boot from CD.

**firefighter** · 30th August 2010, 14:59

Originally Posted by mashman

Running windows 7 64 bit is possible... even on an HP laptop

... Is it not booting from DVD? I did have some trouble with mine and seem to remember the HP tech getting me to disable a setting in the BIOD...

The HP site is spot on for windows 7 64-bit drivers

...

Awesome so what did you do?

Yeah it wo'nt read it when I restart and just starts as per usual. Then when I go into mycomputer etc and try it that way it tells me to go fuck myself......(this installation disc is not compatible with your version of windows, you need the correct installation disc.....yaddayaddayadda).

Can I not somehow restore to factory settings and then install the OEM software? This worked on my ex's computer fine with OEM windows 7 and my laptop is much higher specc'd so naturally I assumed it'd work. Am I fucked?

**firefighter** · 30th August 2010, 15:04

Originally Posted by avgas

However I suspect that if your PC came with the 32-bit installed from the shop. Chances are that it all it can handle.

Any chance you can give us more info? What is actually not happening? Where does it stop in the install?

It's an AMD Turion II Dual Core 2.3 GHz w 4GB Ram. (surely it can handle 64 bit?!)

Oh, and it does'nt even start installing.

**SMOKEU** · 30th August 2010, 15:06

Have you tried formatting the HD and doing a fresh install?

**vindy500** · 30th August 2010, 15:06

look for something in the bios along the lines of boot order and make it boot from cd before the HDD

**mashman** · 30th August 2010, 15:07

I'll have to shut down and head in to the BIOS to see if I can find it. One other thing you might want to try (found whilst trying to install 2008 server), is removing the HP "restore" partition... I'll be back...

**avgas** · 30th August 2010, 15:14

Originally Posted by firefighter

AMD Turion II Dual Core

On the pretty little sticker on the laptop does it say Turion II 64?

**mashman** · 30th August 2010, 15:18

Setting as follows... why I don't know, but hey...

BIOS

System Configuration -> Device Configurations

Change SATA Device Mode to IDE

Might be worth changing the boot order for the Upgrade Bay (wanky name... it's a fuckin DVD DRIVE)... anyhoo... I seem to remember doing that at one point, but I was experimenting at the time...

**mashman** · 30th August 2010, 15:20

One thing I have noticed, not sure yours will do this, is that after applying patches etc... I need to shutdown and reboot, as a restart sometimes hangs the machine (that may be why I temporarily changed the boot order, twas a while ago)