win 7 64bit on 32bit system?

as the title says, If i have a 64bit windows, can i put that on my 32bit system?

 

What do you mean by "32bit system"? Most modern processors are 64bit these days, with the notable exception of Intel Atoms in some netbooks.
Obviously, if you only have 32bit hardware, you won't be able to run a 64bit OS.

 

yeah its a 32bit desktop CPU, its not too old but it should be fine for win7. Only thing is I have a 64bit OS of win7 so i was just wondering it if worked. and judging by your reply i guess not

 

No you need a 64bit capable CPU in order to install a 64bit OS; so if your CPU is 32bit, you won't be able to install 4bit Windows 7 on it.

 

What CPU do you have? If it is not 32bit, then it's fairly old. Anything Intel Core 2 and above is 64bit. Intel Core is 32bit. Roughly, processors newer than 2007 are 64-bit.

 

Yeah, 4-bit Windows 7 is hard to install on any CPU. Sorry, couldn't resist

 

hihi nice find

Well yes, 4 bit Windows would indeed be hard to install XD

But yeah, any recent CPU should be 64bit capable. If it's a 32bit CPU, then just install 32bit Windows 7 on it (did I get it right Pirx? )

 

In my experience with Windows 7 retail keys, they are interchangeable between 32 and 64 bit. So while you cannot install 64 bit, you may still be able get some use of what you have if you have access to the 32 bit installation media.

 

Gregory is correct.

Even if your Win 7 is 64bit, you can still use it's key to install a same Win 7 edition in x86.

 

You can find the LEGAL Win7 download here which you can choose to download 32bit.

 

But if you purchase an OEM license, legally, you only purchase either 64-bit or 32-bit, and not both version. So even if the key will install, do you violate the license?

 

No, the key is not legally tied to any version of Windows, it's only tied to an Edition(i.e. Home Premium, Professional, Ultimate, Enterprise). If you can grab an installation media for the other version, you can install it no problem.

 

thats all true, you will have a legal copy, but a problem you might get is if you install 64bit on a machine that came with 32bit is the supplier may refuse to support it.

 

Hardly.
The supplier is obligated to support it's own product regardless of the OS installed.
They may decide to charge extra money if a laptop has been sent in and the problem turned out to be software based (like Acer does), but if the problem is hardware based, then they will have to fix it within warranty and without charging any money (although a lot of companies will look into scamming people even if the problems are not related to such scenarios ... so you have to prepare yourself extensively before sending the thing in).

Essentially, software based issues are relatively easy to fix, and I wouldn't be sending my laptop in for warranty repairs in such a scenario, because I would know how to detect such a problem and fix it.

As for Hardware issues ... only if I cannot fix it or if the component broke down on it's own without my intervention (or if it's cheap enough and can be replaced, then I will probably do it).

 

Manufacturer support is hardly the first thing I'd be concerned about. I'd be more concerned to know if there were native 64bit drivers for all the hardware in your computer. Normally the answer would be 'yes', but you never know if you have some weird configuration or whatnot.

Worst case scenario, you use Windows' generic drivers and lose some features.