Installing XP PRO X64 Like XP PRO Standard

[Soundguy585]

Hello, I need some help from someone who is familiar with installing XP PRO X64 Operating System.
I like to upgrade and troubleshoot PC's and a friend of mine is getting out of the business of PC building at a corporate level. He gave me some leftover microsoft programs that he has. I now have a few XP Pro x64 operating systems and other software and I wanted to know if I use the x64 Xp on a 32 bit pc, will it default to regular XP PRO installation?
If anyone knows for sure I would be forever grateful for the info. Thanks

P.S. This is my first post, so forgive me if I'm now doing this right.

 

[Nodsu]

64-bit XP is 64-bit and the binaries are completely different from the 32-bit version - this is more than just product branding. It will work only on 64-bit hardware and will install as 64-bit.

 

[Soundguy585]

Thank You, Nodsu For Your speedy Reply. I was hoping I could use these disks. I do have a Athlon 64 processor, but I am afraid of installing x64 XP because I read of the possibility incompatibility of the drivers of my hardware. I don't know if I even would benefit from switching the O.S. If you have any insight in this I will welcome it. Otherwise, I guess I'll just trash the disks. Thanks.

 

[bushwhacker]

If you are running on Athlon 64, then no.

The most hardware are providing the 64 bit drivers now.


Mind tell us your spec, including other hardwares?

 

[Nodsu]

64-bit mode will benefit you if you have lots of RAM (2GB or more). Also, there are some architectural improvements in the 64-bit CPUs (more registers), so in theory some programs may run faster. I haven't seen any real benchmarks on this.

Just try it If it doesn't work, you can always put back the 32-bit version.

 

[Soundguy585]

Thank You Both For replying to my post.

Here Is My System Specs...

Motherboard: MSI MS-7093
Processor: AMD ATHLON 64 4000+ 2.4ghz
Ram: 2Gb Dual Channel
Video: Diamond Viper Radeon X1300 256Mb (Ati)
Sound: Creative SoundBlaster Live 24 Bit
TV Capture Card: Visiontek Xasty Theater 550 Pro
Hard Drive: Seagate 320Gb (st3320620as)
Hard Drive: Maxtor 160gb (6b160p0)
Cd Rom: Lite-On LTN-4895
Dvd Burner: Samsung SH-s183L
O.S.: Windows XP Pro SP2

I also Have Adobe Creative Suite Production Premium CS3 which might or might not benefit from X64 XP.