i have sufficient hardware to run itYou can only run a 64 bit OS if you have the hardware that supports it. With out knowing that information, giving advise could be potentially damaging.
but will it work running a 32 bit and a 64 bit os together on the same or different hard drivesIf you have a 64 bit cpu and at least 4 GB RAM....then Yes...go for it.
ok. so will I have to keep on going in to bios if i want to change which one I want to use?I would opt for a separate drive.....just any case you do run into any problems. This way the drive with the 32 bit OS is safe and intact.
No, I am running two drives. For me when I start the computer or restart to switch I just hit the F11 key. It gives me the option to choose which one I want.
hi,
i am wondering is it possible for me to dual boot windows 8 64 bit with windows 7 32 bit.
I already have windows 7 32 bit and want to get windows 8.
I understand there are problems with having a 64 bit and a 32 bit os on the same hard drive.
I do not have the windows 7 installation cd and want to keep it as 32 bit
SO if i was to buy another hard drive could I boot it off of there and boot windows 7 off the other one
if i was to do this would have to go into my bios and select which hard drive to boot up first everytime that i wanted to change which os I use.
Thanks in advance
I wondered if there would be different f key to hit pending on the motherboard type.Hey sonny...that's what I do as well, but it's the F12 key for my mobo.
If you have a 64Bit computer, (which you have, apparently), then the operation is quite straightforward. whether it is better to install on a separate hd, or on a separate partition on the same HD, is your choice.
I frequently install and uninstall on my own, family and colleagues computers. Only my preference, but I have not yet found a need to use another HD.
Currently, I have window 8.1, 64 and 32 bit. The latter is for testing different functions. This sits alongside Windows 7 64Bit and, irrelevant, for your exercise, XP, for the simple purpose of troubleshooting my grandchildren's laptops.
8.1 64bit was installed fairly recently, from a boot DVD. It set up a dual boot with the 32Bit OS, and with Windows 7. I needed to use Easybcd to put in the XP addition, for some reason, but this was a simple operation which took about 30 seconds.