64bits.32bits.processor Can you install a 64 bit windows in a 32 bits computer?

[JoeAguiar]

I have a pc that have 2 gb of ram and 32 bits pc. If i upgrade to 4gb of ram can i install 64 bits windows?
 

[LizardsAreOP]

32 bits pc? never heard of it...

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First of all, no I don't believe you can.

Second, why not just install 32 bit windows?

Third, why do you care?  4 GB will work with 32 bit

[wraptor]

2 minutes ago, JoeAguiar said:

I have a pc that have 2 gb of ram and 32 bits pc. If i upgrade to 4gb of ram can i install 64 bits windows?
 

Depends, I don't think your system has a 64-Bit processor then.
If it has then yes, go ahead. If it doesn't then no :Þ

[Stryder721]

Unless the processor is 64bit compatible it wont work, easiest thing to do is check in the system page if you're using anything like windows vista and up. Or if not look up the processor online and it should say so

[JoeAguiar]

2 minutes ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

First of all, no I don't believe you can.

Second, why not just install 32 bit windows?

Third, why do you care?  4 GB will work with 32 bit

I will use it just for programing and i dont know if the solftware are compatible.

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1 minute ago, JoeAguiar said:

I will use it just for programing and i dont know if the solftware are compatible.

So you have software only offered in 64 bit?  If that's the case, there may be a reason for that... ie, getting a 32 bit OS might not be enough.  The PC that requires a 32 bit OS might not be powerful enough regardless, for example.

[PokeCatz]

2 minutes ago, JoeAguiar said:

I will use it just for programing and i dont know if the solftware are compatible.

All 32 bit programs are compatible with 64 bit windows as far as I'm concerned. Also what are your pc specs?

[typographie]

4 minutes ago, JoeAguiar said:

I have a pc that have 2 gb of ram and 32 bits pc. If i upgrade to 4gb of ram can i install 64 bits windows?

If it's a CPU that supports only 32-bit software (for all practical purposes, a Pentium 4 or older), then no, you absolutely cannot run 64-bit code.

 

So basically, to answer the question accurately we need to know specifics about this PC. What CPU?

[JoeAguiar]

2 minutes ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

So you have software only offered in 64 bit?  If that's the case, there may be a reason for that... ie, getting a 32 bit OS might not be enough.  The PC that requires a 32 bit OS might not be powerful enough regardless, for example.

Ty bro i will check it

[JoeAguiar]

4 minutes ago, Stryder721 said:

Unless the processor is 64bit compatible it wont work, easiest thing to do is check in the system page if you're using anything like windows vista and up. Or if not look up the processor online and it should say so

Ty bro i will check it

[JoeAguiar]

5 minutes ago, tv15dsi said:

Depends, I don't think your system has a 64-Bit processor then.
If it has then yes, go ahead. If it doesn't then no :Þ

Ty bro i will check it

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2 minutes ago, PokeCatz said:

All 32 bit programs are compatible with 64 bit windows as far as I'm concerned. Also what are your pc specs?

Yes.  But, by the sounds of it he's concerned about the opposite though - 64 bit program can't run on a 32 bit OS, hence why he wants a 64 bit OS (unless I'm not interpreting this correctly)