Upgrade to Vista Home Premium x64 from XP Media Center x32?

[Guest]

Hi All,

Just checking to see how I go about upgrading to the x64 bit edition of
Vista Home Premium from my current x32 bit edition of XP Media Center 2005?
I bought a PC about two months ago running AMD Athlon x64 dual core 5000+
processors, but it was preinstalled with the aforementioned x32 bit edition
of XP Media Center 2005. I'd like to take advantage of the x64 bit
architecture, so I need to know if I have to first install the upgrade to the
x32 bit edition of Vista Home Premium and then to the x64 bit edition of
Vista Home Premium or if I can do a direct upgrade to the x64 bit edition of
Vista Home Premium. Any thoughts? Thanks for the help!

Brian

 

[CharlesE]

You can't get here from there.

You can run setup, but Upgrade will be grayed out for and 32-bit to 64-bit
choice.
At some point you will need to choose "custom" and do a clean install.

I would transfer stuff using Windows Easy Transfer on the DVD and then
install the 64-bit version.
Make sure your hardware has 64-bit drivers.

CharlesE

 

[Guest]

Sorry, but your message is unclear. What is the best route to upgrade from
x32 XP Media Center 2005 (XP MC2005) to x64 Vista Home Premium (VHP)? Is it:

1. x32 XP MC2005 -> x32 VHP -> x64 VHP
or
2. x32 XP MC2005 -> x64 VHP

Thanks.
Brian

 

[Villain]

First, use the Easy Transfer tool from your Vista DVD to move your files to
a DVD (or a few of them, if needed).

Next, boot into XP, insert the Vista DVD and you will be told that you
cannot upgrade to the 64-bit version. This leaves you with the option to do
the 'Custom' or 'Clean' installation of Vista 64-bit, which you can do. As
long as your upgrade was started within XP, you will still be able to
complete the full installation.

Hope that this helps.

-Villain