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    A300/500 - 64bit not installed

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by Kreeg, Jun 2, 2008.

  1. Kreeg

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    Hi, I recently got an A300 that comes with 64-bit Vista Home Premium OS. However I checked what was actually installed and discovered it was 32-bit. Is this standard practice for Toshiba? Should I just reinstall from the recovery discs (or better yet do a clean install)?

    Specs:
    CPU Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 2.5GHz
    HDD 2x 250GB (5400rpm) SATA
    Memory 4GB (2G + 2G) DDR2 (667)
    ATI HD 3650 card
     
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    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Most laptops only come in 32bit OS flavors. Unless the order page says Vista64, you're screwed.
     
    Greg, Jun 2, 2008
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    The recovery disks are labelled as Vista Home Premium 64-bit so I assumed that was what was installed.
     
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    Well having researched a bit more, it seems I have the option of either keeping with 32-bit or using the Recovery disks to install 64-bit. So my question then is, is it worth doing this (particularly as I have 4Gb ram installed) or would there be negligible performance increase?
     
    Kreeg, Jun 4, 2008
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