Windows 10: Win10 32bit to 64bit upgrade on VM

Discus and support Win10 32bit to 64bit upgrade on VM in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; Hi.Would like to upgrade my VirtualBox VM of Win10 currently 20H2, to 64bit for various reasons...It is a licenced machine.How do I go about installing... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by Hornetster, Jun 30, 2021.

  1. HORNETSTER
    Hornetster Win User

    Win10 32bit to 64bit upgrade on VM


    Hi.Would like to upgrade my VirtualBox VM of Win10 currently 20H2, to 64bit for various reasons...It is a licenced machine.How do I go about installing the update in a new 64bit machine, and carrying the licence over.Would think that if it was hardware, it would just accept the existing licence, as the hardware hadn't changed, but being virtual....?Thanks.

    :)
     
    Hornetster, Jun 30, 2021
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  2. DSCISH
    dscish Win User

    Switching from 32bit Win10 to 64bit Win10 - pre clean install questions

    Hi everyone,

    I'm planning to do a 32bit to 64bit move on my Win10 soon and I wanted to check a few things to minimise any downtime:

    1. I know migration is a multi-step process, I went from a 32bit Win 8 Pro version (bought online, I have the product code emails etc.) to 32bit Win 8.1 (free upgrade) and now to 32bit Win10 (free upgrade). When doing a clean install can I just get an ISO
    of a 64bit Win10 and proceed with it, or do I need to start with a Win8 64bit version and after installing do an upgrade to Win10 (which will also be 64bit as the original system would be 64bit)?

    Plan is to download Win10 64bit ISO via the Media Creation tool and roll with it after doing a full file / system backup. Currently my Win10 32bit is saying it's all Activated, so hopefully when I get online it will connect to Microsoft and activate itself
    again? During installation it will probably ask me for a product code, but I've ready this can be skipped, is this correct? at this point I don't really have a Win10 product code (although I can write down the one which is displayed under Settings -> System
    -> About), just the original Win8 code which probably wouldn't work.

    2. Is there anyway to somehow image all the current apps I've got installed and re-build the whole lot when Win10 64bit is up and running?

    Thanks in advance,

    Tom
     
    dscish, Jun 30, 2021
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  3. JASONWRATISLAW
    JasonWratislaw Win User
    32bit to 64bit

    i have a nextbook flexx 11a with a 32bit windows 10 install. my system says it supports 64bit.

    how do i upgrade to 64bit win10?
     
    JasonWratislaw, Jun 30, 2021
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  4. DENGKEHUANG
    dengkehuang Win User

    Win10 32bit to 64bit upgrade on VM

    win10 32bit to 64bit

    I had installed and activated win10 32bit and I lost my PRODUCT KEY later. ：（

    Now I wanted to newly install with win10 64 bit. My question is how to activate win10 64bit because I forget my PRODUCT KEY.
     
    dengkehuang, Jun 30, 2021
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