Not sure if the workaround were confirmed or not. however, ppl supposely have ways around it. U can’t upgrade the RTM 3months version to retail. (basically, might as well just do clean install.) however, it will only allow u the option to keep your settings. it wasn’t allow initially but ms came out and said u could and u r entitled to the discount benefit of upgrade just as xp, vista, and win7. Officially, u can upgrade from win8 preview. if you search around, u can see ppl complaining about pc being too slow to be useful after the upgrade and that they have to do a refresh from within win8 (at least the option is there now… basically keep settings but reinstall apps all over again.) Then, u don’t have to bother with the upgrade advisor and do a clean install from usb keys.ĭoes ubuntu allow u to upgrade from 32bit to 64bit?Īlso time and time again, upgrade is not the best way to go about it. U can’t run 64 bit exe under 32 bit os… so, basically to do that u have to do a new install… ie launch 64bit installer…Īlso soon, the official iso for win8 pro 32 bit and 64 bit will be available on digitaldriver… it’s already available on msdn and technet. If your PC has a 64-bit capable processor (CPU) but is currently running a 32-bit version of Windows, you can install a 64-bit version of Windows 8, but you'll need to buy Windows 8 as a DVD. Yes, but you can't do this using Upgrade Assistant. If you are unlucky, you will notice once the system is up and running after the installation.Ĭan I upgrade from a 32-bit version of Windows to a 64-bit version of Windows 8? That's not a problem if you do not want to switch from 32-bit to 64-bit during the upgrade, but if you do, you will notice that you can't do that at all. So, if you are running the Upgrade Assistant on a 32-bit version you will end up with a 32-bit Windows 8 version, while running it on a 64-bit version of Windows will result in a 64-bit version of Windows 8. If you run the Upgrade Advisor to buy a copy of Windows 8 online, you will always get the version of Windows 8 that is corresponding to the currently installed version of the operating system. Microsoft, for whatever reason, decided to make things complicated. You need to be very careful when you want to upgrade from a 32-bit version of Windows to a 64-bit version of Windows 8.
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