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    Windows 7 Pro upgrade DVD issue?

    Hello all,

    I just built a new system and I am having issues installing a genuine copy of Windows 7 Professional 64-bit upgrade DVD.

    mobo: ASUS P7P55D (bios 1307)
    cpu: core i5 750
    ram: 4GB Corsair DDR3-1600 CAS 8
    gpu: XFX ATi 5770
    dvd: LITEON iHAS-424
    psu: PC P&C Silencer 610W
    ssd: Intel X25-M 80GB G2 (clean)
    case: Cooler Master Centurion

    I put the boot order to cd drive only. After POST, the upgrade DVD starts to spin up and then stops and the following message comes up:

    "Reboot and Select proper Boot device
    or insert Boot Media in selected Boot device and press a key"

    I then put in my Windows XP Professional SP2 32-bit CD Full Version into the drive and it booted and installed like normal. I have the XP build now updated just to SP3. I looked on Microsoft's website and I found how to upgrade from XP to 7. While XP is running, I put my win7 disc in and tried to run the setup.exe file. I get an error message stating: "D:\setup.exe is not a valid win32 application". I believe I understand this message because my win7 disc is 64-bit and XP is 32-bit.

    Has anyone come across this issue? Please help!
    ASUS P7P55D | Intel Core i5 750 | Corsair 4GB 1600
    XFX 5770 1GB | Intel X25-M 80GB | Seagate 7200.12 500GB

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    Did you try booting the W7 DVD in another drive or on another system?

    I believe I understand this message because my win7 disc is 64-bit and XP is 32-bit.
    That is correct. You cannot do an upgrade of a 32-bit to a 64-bit. It has to be a clean install.

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    I did try to boot from the win7 disc but only in a old 32-bit machine. I recieved the following message:

    "Boot from CD:
    Disk Boot Failure, insert system disk and press enter"
    ASUS P7P55D | Intel Core i5 750 | Corsair 4GB 1600
    XFX 5770 1GB | Intel X25-M 80GB | Seagate 7200.12 500GB

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    Sounds like a problem with the disc if it wouldn't boot on two separate machines.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Casper1676 View Post
    I did try to boot from the win7 disc but only in a old 32-bit machine.
    You cannot run a 64-bit disc in a 32-bit machine, it has to have a 64-bit CPU.
    Nick.

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