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Hi there,
I hate to make my first post an annoying one, but.....
I have Vista Home Premium 32bit on my former HP media center. (former in the sense that I got tired of the suck and put in a new vid card which then made me get a thermal take case and some fans so I didn't have a house fire inside my HP case)
The documentation for the computer says it is able to take 8 gigs of ram and run Vista 64bit. So like an Idiot I bought 8 gigs of compatible ram and an OEM vista home premium 64bit thinking it was going to be as easy as upgrading to xp from 98 was.
The good news is I thought to come here first and read some other peoples experiences.
The bad news is I have no idea where to go from here. I have 2 internal HDD with OS and programson the first. The second is empty and could be used for a clean install of Vista 64 if that is recommended. All my personal files etc are stored on DROBO which I will disconnect and leave off while trying this upgrade.
I have my system restore discs, but no vista 32bit discs.
I have several programs which would be difficult to reconstruct on a new drive either because they were downloaded, or because they have been on here so long I cant remember where the original discs are.
If possible I would like NOT to reinstall all my programs :)
I am open to all suggestions and I will send you a cookie if you help me out.
Thanks,
Chris
I hate to make my first post an annoying one, but.....
I have Vista Home Premium 32bit on my former HP media center. (former in the sense that I got tired of the suck and put in a new vid card which then made me get a thermal take case and some fans so I didn't have a house fire inside my HP case)
The documentation for the computer says it is able to take 8 gigs of ram and run Vista 64bit. So like an Idiot I bought 8 gigs of compatible ram and an OEM vista home premium 64bit thinking it was going to be as easy as upgrading to xp from 98 was.
The good news is I thought to come here first and read some other peoples experiences.
The bad news is I have no idea where to go from here. I have 2 internal HDD with OS and programson the first. The second is empty and could be used for a clean install of Vista 64 if that is recommended. All my personal files etc are stored on DROBO which I will disconnect and leave off while trying this upgrade.
I have my system restore discs, but no vista 32bit discs.
I have several programs which would be difficult to reconstruct on a new drive either because they were downloaded, or because they have been on here so long I cant remember where the original discs are.
If possible I would like NOT to reinstall all my programs :)
I am open to all suggestions and I will send you a cookie if you help me out.
Thanks,
Chris