XP PRO x64 upgrade from MCE

[Guest Annie]

Now, I am going to lead off with all of you are way smarter than I am *AND* I

have read through the previous threads and not finding the questions I am

looking for an answer to--and these are:

 

What problems am I likely to encounter trying to install a new OEM XP Pro

x64 over a machine that was OEM MCE 32 bit? And will I have to re-install

all my apps from my current image, or if I configure in dual bbot, can I

reach across to grab my Adobe, or World of Warcraft, or whatever?

 

System is a 2.6 Ghz AMD Opteron 185 4GB PC 3200 DDR 400 RAM 300GB HD and

x1950 Radeon 512mb Video card.

 

Is it as simple as setting it up as a dual bbot on a new partition? Do I

re-install EVERY device or will it reach across to the current 32-bit OS and

find them? And again, what about the programs?

 

How much work am I really in for?

[Guest Carlos]

RE: XP PRO x64 upgrade from MCE

 

Annie:

A full install on a separate partition is the only way to go.

All your apps will have to be installed again.

None of your 32-bit device drivers will be useful.

Before doing a clean install please do your homework.

- Check the availability of drivers for all your hardware, whether internal

(motherboard chipset, audio, video) or external (USB printer, scanner, etc.).

- Check the compatibility with XP x64 of all the software you intend to

install.

That way there will be no surprises.

The install will create a dual boot menu by itself.

I think this covers most of your questions.

 

Here you will find the XP x64 drivers for your video card:

http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_catalyst.aspx?p=xp64/radeonx-xp64

 

"Annie" wrote:

> Now, I am going to lead off with all of you are way smarter than I am *AND* I

> have read through the previous threads and not finding the questions I am

> looking for an answer to--and these are:

>

> What problems am I likely to encounter trying to install a new OEM XP Pro

> x64 over a machine that was OEM MCE 32 bit? And will I have to re-install

> all my apps from my current image, or if I configure in dual bbot, can I

> reach across to grab my Adobe, or World of Warcraft, or whatever?

>

> System is a 2.6 Ghz AMD Opteron 185 4GB PC 3200 DDR 400 RAM 300GB HD and

> x1950 Radeon 512mb Video card.

>

> Is it as simple as setting it up as a dual bbot on a new partition? Do I

> re-install EVERY device or will it reach across to the current 32-bit OS and

> find them? And again, what about the programs?

>

> How much work am I really in for?

[Guest Tony Sperling]

Re: XP PRO x64 upgrade from MCE

 

Installation programs fortunately are really stupid, if you have an earlier

installation the next one will know almost nothing about it except maybe the

existence of a formated partition. This is fortunate as each system must

have it's own complete view of the machine, even after a dual-boot

installation. This means that, yes - you will have to re-install every

application (most will, but some won't!) Moreover, you will have to

reinstall motherboard and perhaps any SATA HD drivers, and in the event of a

rescue install, most such drivers have to be re-installed again, but that

is standard behavior, even for a single OS.

 

If your existing installation is occupying all space on the HD, you should

either shrink it to accomodate a fair bit of space for the new installation,

or install an extra HD, and if you want to start all over from scratch, you

should install the OS's in the order they were released - (oldest first!)

 

There are bits to learn, and a bit more work to have a dual-boot system, but

it may be well worth the effort unless you know that all your apps and

devices are supported, and many 64bit users here are running such systems

for compatibillity resons.

 

Tip:

You may want to flash your BIOS, and some are having difficulty mixing

HD's of different types - like IDE + SATA, when both have to boot it's own

installed OS.

 

 

Tony. . .

 

 

"Carlos" <Carlos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:97199D93-27E5-4444-9C1B-E43761EC1868@microsoft.com...

> Annie:

> A full install on a separate partition is the only way to go.

> All your apps will have to be installed again.

> None of your 32-bit device drivers will be useful.

> Before doing a clean install please do your homework.

> - Check the availability of drivers for all your hardware, whether

internal

> (motherboard chipset, audio, video) or external (USB printer, scanner,

etc.).

> - Check the compatibility with XP x64 of all the software you intend to

> install.

> That way there will be no surprises.

> The install will create a dual boot menu by itself.

> I think this covers most of your questions.

>

> Here you will find the XP x64 drivers for your video card:

> http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_catalyst.aspx?p=xp64/radeonx-xp64

>

> "Annie" wrote:

>

> > Now, I am going to lead off with all of you are way smarter than I am

*AND* I

> > have read through the previous threads and not finding the questions I

am

> > looking for an answer to--and these are:

> >

> > What problems am I likely to encounter trying to install a new OEM XP

Pro

> > x64 over a machine that was OEM MCE 32 bit? And will I have to

re-install

> > all my apps from my current image, or if I configure in dual bbot, can I

> > reach across to grab my Adobe, or World of Warcraft, or whatever?

> >

> > System is a 2.6 Ghz AMD Opteron 185 4GB PC 3200 DDR 400 RAM 300GB HD and

> > x1950 Radeon 512mb Video card.

> >

> > Is it as simple as setting it up as a dual bbot on a new partition? Do

I

> > re-install EVERY device or will it reach across to the current 32-bit OS

and

> > find them? And again, what about the programs?

> >

> > How much work am I really in for?