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So my grandfather recently bought a new PC. A few days ago I'm checking his system and I see that W7 32 bit is installed. 

He has 8GB of RAM so half of it isn't being used. 

When the W10 update commes, will he be able to upgrade to W10 64-bits? or do I have to reinstall W7 64 bit first?

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So my grandfather recently bought a new PC. A few days ago I'm checking his system and I see that W7 32 bit is installed. 

He has 8GB of RAM so half of it isn't being used. 

When the W10 update commes, will he be able to upgrade to W10 64-bits? or do I have to reinstall W7 64 bit first?

 

What brand of PC did he buy? Was it used? I'm just curious.

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So my grandfather recently bought a new PC. A few days ago I'm checking his system and I see that W7 32 bit is installed. 

He has 8GB of RAM so half of it isn't being used. 

When the W10 update commes, will he be able to upgrade to W10 64-bits? or do I have to reinstall W7 64 bit first?

You will have to reinstall Windows to get 64-bit.

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32-bit upgrades to 32-bit

 

 

You'll get the 32 Bit upgrade :\

Thanks both for the info, I guess he will have to make backups of his pictures etc and install a clean windows

 

 

What brand of PC did he buy? Was it used? I'm just curious.

Well my aunt build the pc for him despite the fact that I'm an IT student with way more experience than her so, she can clean her mess up :)

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Does his CPU/mobo support 64 bits?

CPU: Intel i5 4690k @ 4.3 GHz       GPU: MSI GTX 980                      Cooling: be quiet! Pure Rock                     OS: Windows 7            Monitor: BenQ XL2411Z

Motherboard: AsRock Z97 PRO4   PSU: Corsair 600W CX600M       Keyboard: Razer BlackWidow Ultimate   SSD: Intel 120GB 520   Headset: HyperX Cloud II

RAM: 12GB Crucial Ballistix            Case: Corsair 750D                       Mouse: Logitech G502                         HDD: Seagate 1TB        Speakers: Audioengine A5+

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Thanks both for the info, I guess he will have to make backups of his pictures etc and install a clean windows

Well my aunt build the pc for him despite the fact that I'm an IT student with way more experience than her so, she can clean her mess up :)

Hahahahahaha oh man that's a tough spot to be in. What a rookie mistake! No offense. I thought you were going to say HP or something, but they aren't quite that daft. I didn't know windows 10 was still sporting a 32 bit only version.

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Win10 64-bit systems can not be installed on the Win10 32-bit system directly , so replace the 32-bit systems to 64-bit systems, make win10 preview image to CD media or U disk, start from a CD-ROM medium or U disk boot to install 64 of win10 systems.

Found this http://www.sevenforums.com/installation-setup/368620-update-win7-32bit-win10-64bit-possible.html

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