jefsview opened this issue on Feb 03, 2008 · 76 posts
XENOPHONZ posted Mon, 03 March 2008 at 10:06 PM
Quote - 3/3/08
The processor I have, Dual Core 2.8 GHz, is 64 bit, but the motherboard and memory seem to be 32 bit. I also have two SATA drives, and research makes it seem very difficult to install SATA drives on 64 bit systems (requiring a floppy drive of all things, and in the 21st century - that's just sloppy of M$). I don't want to buy XP Pro 64 or a Vista 64 OS, and botch the instalation because of the SATA drives.
The link to the old thread that I provided -- that thread has links to a free program called "nLite", which is specifically made to address this problem. It worked for me, and did an excellent job, too.
But it's true -- you need a 64 bit system in order to run a 64 bit OS. You need to verify that first.