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sallyb:
Hello, I have an older ASUS laptop X71SL running Vista Business 32 bit and I would like to do a custom installation of Windows 7 64 bit, but I don't know where to get a disk at a price that is reasonable given the age of the laptop. I bought it in 2009. Also, I'm not geeky enough to figure out how to update the drivers from the Asus support site...any advice or should I just forget it? Thank you! :undecided:

Boggin:
Contact ASUS to find out if the machine is 64 bit capable as some aren't and they can also give you some advice on the install/drivers.

I'm not sure if you would be able to buy a comparable Win 7 x64 OEM Recovery/Install disk, but with OEM installs, they are tied to the first machine they are activated on and are not transferable.

jraju:
Hi, Boggins, I also think in the same lines. Laptops Os may not be able to upgraded to latest versions.

Boggin:
It's not so much upgrading the OS but the architecture as some CPUs are not 64 bit compatible.

The Win 7 upgrade Advisor will tell you if your machine is okay for Win 7. https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=20

sallyb:
Thank you for your imput. I had done all that...I ran the Windows 7 upgrade adviser, and it said I'm good to go for 32 or 64. I also looked at the hardware in the tools and performance view in control panel and the machine is definitely 64 bit compatible. I also ran the Windows 8 Upgrade adviser, and it said I'm ok with that except for a few "minor" things which could be addressed. However, I really don't want to load Windows 8 on a machine that is 6 years old. I also went to the Asus website for the Vista drivers and it makes NO SENSE to me: http://support.asus.com.cn/download.aspx?SLanguage=en&p=3&m=X71SL&hashedid=VUta9GoKvKtJx21G There are a bunch of folders there. I downloaded a few and unzipped them. But the files in the unzipped folders don't mean anything to me! So I went to majorgeeks to try and find a FREE program to update drivers. All of them give you a free partial scan or something and then want money. So I don't know if any of them are worth it. So one of them said that I have 12 drivers out of date and offered to update them for purchasing the program. So I went to the device manager and asked Windows to search online for all of those "out of date drivers" and Windows said all of them except one were up to date, and it updated the one that needed to be updated!!!! So I'm wondering if these device programs are a big rip?! Anyway, I won't buy any of them unless I they are portable and can be used on other machines...any suggestions there?
I have also found a copy of Windows 7 and Window 8.1 reasonably priced: https://softwareplaza.com/microsoft-windows-7-professional-32-64-bit-full-version-sp1-1241.html and https://softwareplaza.com/system-software/operating-systems/windows-operating-system/microsoft-windows-8-1-pro-32-64-bit-oem-download.html so I still don't know what to do there. But it looks like there is a money back guarantee, so I should be ok there>>>> :undecided: :confused: :thinking:

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