Windows 10: Cannot upgrade from win 10 pro 32bit to 64bit

Hello,I recently "upgraded" my PC from Core 2 duo E6300 to Dual core E6700. and also got new ram sticks total up to 8gb ddr2. I am running win 10pro 32bit currently but due to the limitation of the operating system only 3.2gb of RAM is usable and the processor is stuck at 1.56GHz even though the base speed is 3.2GHz. I use this PC as a file server and Plex server.I decided to upgrade to 64bit Win 10 Pro OS. I used the media creation tool to create a USB and when I boot using the USB it doesn't get past the dos style loading files screen, when the blue windows logo pops up and the computer rest

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32bit or 64bit compatible

I currently use an 8.1 operating system which is 32bit, the laptop has a 64bit processor, if I choose just to upgrade to windows 10 from 8.1 can I upgrade to 64bit Win 10 (from the 32bit 8.1) or would it have to be to 32bit win 10. I Assume if I do a
clean install I can do it to 64 bit windows 10?

 

Win 7 32bit oem Home premium to Win 10 64bit Home

Hi,

I have win 7 32bit oem Home premium that comes with my PC without the installation disk (only key available).

I would like to switch to 64bit especially when windows 10 is available since my system is totally compatible with 64 bit. One way I hoping to do this is to upgrade my 32bit win 7 to 32bit win 10 and then doing a clean install to upgrade to 64bit win 10.

Will I still get to activate the 64bit win 10 for free if I do it this way?

 

Upgrade Win 10 32bit to 64bit

My pc has 32bit Windows 10 OS in C partition. My data is in D partition. If I upgrade to 64bit (my CPU is 64bit) will the new OS be in the C partition and the D partition remain intact? Or the D partition will be
erased too?