change pre-installed Windows vista home edition premium 32-bit family vista premium 64-bit, how can I go about it?

I have a hp a6242n with vista home premium 32-bit installed and I need the 64-bit version while I can add little ram, I can only drive versions or should I just buy a new copy?

Hello

You can buy a disc of 64 bit vista with license of full version of somewhere

Try your local computer repair shop

then perform a new installation of it who will clean up the hard drive clean during the process

Microsoft sells more than vista as they moved on windows 7

You should get that instead

and here is a link to the HP vista and windows 7 32-bit and 64-bit drivers for your model of machine

http://h10025.www1.HP.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?product=3567334&LC=en&cc=us&DLC=en&submit.y=0&submit.x=9&lang=en&cc=us

Windows 7 price

http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msstore/en_US/list/CategoryID.50726100

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