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I installed Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit over 64-bit by mistake

Discussion in 'Windows OS' started by dadeebz, Sep 25, 2011.

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  1. dadeebz Newcomer, in training

    My pc had a virus so i found a windows 7 32bit professional cd that I presumed was 64 bit, bad mistake. It was 32 bit and i installed over the original 64bit home premium I had on my system. Can i get the 64 bit back? my pc was a present so i dont have the original cd for the os but theres a sticker on the side with the original product key for the 64bit os.
    dadeebz, Sep 25, 2011
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  2. Tmagic650 TS Ambassador Posts: 18,729   +62

    The PC should work fine until you get another copy of Windows 7 64-bit. If you try to install a 64-bit OS on a 32-bit CPU the install will stop quickly, but a 32-bit OS will work with a 64-bit CPU
    Tmagic650, Sep 27, 2011
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