Upgrading Vista Home Basic to Home Premium 64 bit

idolbredrin · Apr 10, 2009

I live in India. I recently bought Vista Home Basic. Is there any way i can upgrade to Vista Home Premium 64 bit or above without loosing the money I spent on the Vista Home Basic which was for Rs.3500/US$ 70 I just realized the home basic 32 bit does not read memory over 3300 MB , where as I have 8 GB DDR2 800 MHz RAM plus a Core 2 Quad 2.37 GHz Processor :cry:

smarteyeball · Apr 10, 2009

Sorry mate, you can't upgrade a 32 bit version to a 64 bit version. it will require a fresh installation.

You can contact MS to send you the x64 version, however you will also have to pay for the upgrade to the premium license.

Brink · Apr 10, 2009

Hi Idolbredin, and welcome to Vista Forums.

In addition to Smartey's post, you can order a 64-bit version of your Vista Home Basic from Microsoft for just the cost of shipping from the link below if your copy is a retail version.

Windows Vista Alternate Media

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Upgrading Vista Home Basic to Home Premium 64 bit

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