'This is your receipt - make sure to print or save a copy for your records. There must a link to download with wording : Check the email confirmation when bought windows 8 pro online. Clean install windows 7 Pro 64 bit (I have license for 32 bit and 64 bit)Ģ. After see all above facts, and I do not want to buy additional DVD.

In order to install windows 8 pro 64 bit from windows 32 bit you will need a boot media to do a clean install. Windows 8 Pro 64 bit can only be upgraded from windows 64 bit. Windows 8 Pro 32 bit can only be upgraded from windows 32 bit. However after a little search and trial I found some tricks hope can solve this problem. So, how can I get the 64-bit ISO download, without having to make an ADDITIONAL purchase of the retail DVD version? I respectfully disagreed, but that didn't solve my problem. On what the machine is capable of running. I tried support again and this time the rep said the installer chooses the architecture based That didn't work - they're researching it, though. I called support and they first thought that the MS store could provide the 64-bit ISO download. I discovered via the normal support forum that this is a limitation of theĭownload installer - it chooses without user option the architecture based upon the older Windows version. When I finished the Windows 8 Pro install, it turned out to be the 32-bit version. The machine is fully capable of a 64-bit OS (inįact, I have a dual boot with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64-bit running in a separate partition). I purchased the $39.99 Windows 8 Pro download, and ran the upgrade on my Windows XP Home Edition (which is 32-bit OS, by design) machine.

Normal tech support has yet to answer this problem.

Windows 7 pro 64 iso