I thought the boxed version has both 32 and 64.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8 Pro
- CPU
- AMD FX-8150
- Motherboard
- Gigabyte GA-990FX
- Memory
- 8 GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- NVIDIA GeForce 980
I thought the boxed version has both 32 and 64.
Great. I'll wait and see once my DVD(s) arrive in the mail.
Given that I have a 16 bit Dos (Not windows) application. What do I have to do to run it on 64 bit Windows 7 or w8? Can I start it from the start button as I do on w8-32? Would it have access to my hard drives and mapped network drives?Not entirely.
We have DosBox and 16bit on x64 works perfectly.
It's pointless to install an older x64 release JUST to use the upgrade assistant.
The clean install (form DVD / USB stick) will be snappier.
Given that I have a 16 bit Dos (Not windows) application. What do I have to do to run it on 64 bit Windows 7 or w8? Can I start it from the start button as I do on w8-32? Would it have access to my hard drives and mapped network drives?Not entirely.
We have DosBox and 16bit on x64 works perfectly.
Given that I have a 16 bit Dos (Not windows) application. What do I have to do to run it on 64 bit Windows 7 or w8? Can I start it from the start button as I do on w8-32? Would it have access to my hard drives and mapped network drives?Not entirely.
We have DosBox and 16bit on x64 works perfectly.
It's pointless to install an older x64 release JUST to use the upgrade assistant.
The clean install (form DVD / USB stick) will be snappier.
There's one point: if you want to get the $40US upgrade by download, that's done using the (insert expletive here) Upgrade Assistant. The UA offers only the same bit level as the OS from which it's run.
It doesn't require extreme skill to work around that, because it's possible to use the UA to buy and download the upgrade but then to run it on a different PC.
In my own case, I bought the upgrade using PC1. I did the actual download on PC2, and saved it as an .iso. I prepared a bootable FAT32 USB flash drive copy, and installed tn on PC2.
I thought the boxed version has both 32 and 64.
I'm not absolutely certain, but I get the impression that the retail boxed upgrade has both disks.
However, I don't know what Microsoft provides as a backup disk ($15US option) to the $40 download. It'd be nice if it was the retail package, but I don't expect that.
Has anyone received their "backup disk" yet, who is willing to comment?