Questions on binary bits on PC

United States
December 18, 2009 11:03pm CST
On my previous posting, I had posted the question between 32 bits and 64 bits. Now I just want to know, If I have a 32 bits Windows 7 operating system software. Can I install it on a 64 bits PC? And Vice Versa, if I have a 64 bits Windows 7 operating system software, can I install it in a 32 bits PC? I am just curious.
3 responses
May2k8
@May2k8 (18096)
• Indonesia
19 Dec 09
If your computer support for 64-bit then you can install 64-bit Windows 7 without any problem. Yes you can also install 32-bit but it don't work maximum.
clorissa123
@clorissa123 (4926)
• United States
19 Dec 09
I just curious, if I have a 32 bit Windows 7, would it work fine on my 64 - bit Desktop operating system. I hope that will work out fine, because I am gonna install it and test it out. Hopefully it will work. Thanks!
paradox123
@paradox123 (38)
• India
19 Dec 09
as he said u can run 32bit windows on a 64 bit mobtherboard but u cant run a 64bit windows on a 32 bit mobo :)
rucrazy4
@rucrazy4 (783)
• India
19 Dec 09
if you use 32 bit edition of winows 7 a then you cannot take advantage of your hardware fully.... there are limitation pg software... and its addressing power to allocate memory... and you cant use memory more then 4 gb .. i think .. thi si mot important but.... if you install 32 bits edition then you hardware limit reduce to 32 but processor.
santhosbaala
@santhosbaala (131)
• India
19 Dec 09
All the CPUs in the market are 64-bit nowadays, so you can play with anything 32 or 64. But if you have more than 4GB of RAM, then I recommend you go for 64 bit cos 32 bit has an inherent limit of addressing space and it will not be able to use more than 4GB of RAM. All the best!