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    Aspire 4730 - Upgrade to Vista 64 bit

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by STVA, Jan 25, 2009.

  1. STVA

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    I bought an Aspire 4730Z, and I plan on maxing out the RAM at 4Gigs soon. Problem is, it came with Vista 32 bit. Does anyone know if Acer sells 64 bit recovery DVDs? The "order recovery discs" page on their website does not mention whether these are just 32 bit, or may include 64 bit.

    I sent Acer and e-mail today but not have heard back yet. They seem to provide 64 bit drivers, so it would make sense if they gave you a way to upgrade the OS. Thanks in advance.

    I live in the USA.
     
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    Yeah recently many ACER models come with 64bit version so I think you'll have no problem with ordering the CDs though you'll need to specify when you're ordering.

    Now that I think of, I'm not sure if ACER will give you 64bit recovery CDs if none of the 4730s comes with one..
     
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    Thanks but unfortunately that site is only for retail versions of Vista. OEM product keys do not work. :(

    It falls on Acer to provide a 64 bit version, I was just wondering if anyone had successfully gotten them to provide 64 bit media for a computer that came with a 32 bit OS.
     
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    Well, Acer told me that they do not have recovery CDs with 64bit Vista.

    Very lame since the computer is upgradable to 4 Gigs of RAM. How do they expect you to use it?

    Why do they provide 64 bit drivers for my hardware?

    I know I could try to install a retail copy, but I was trying to do this as legitimately as possible.
     
    STVA, Jan 26, 2009
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