You want to upgrade 64-bit but have old obsolete programs, I don't want to lose?

I'm running Win 7 32 bit and you want to upgrade to win 7 64 bit. I know that to do this I have to do a clean install. But I have many older programs, that I always use. Many of the original disc have been lost in a fire a couple of years. And most of my old programs is not yet supported more.

My only option I see is upgraded and drop them. Or build an another desktop computer and start over and keep my old computer for programs.

But I was wondering, I could replace my hard drive with a new one, save the original hard drive, load win 7 64 bit on the new hard drive. can implement a virtual machine and run older 32-bit version on it?

I'm about to bite the bullet and go, leaving my old programs behind, but I always use and I paid a lot of money for them (AutoCAD, SolidWorks) and so on.

Is there any hope, or should I spend in the future and leave the past behind?

If your programs are important to you, I suggest that stick you with Windows 7 32 bit, especially if they work very well and accomplish all tasks you need to do.

You could do a P2V and migrate your installation of Windows 32 bit to a Virtual Machine, but the process is time consuming and does not guarantee stability.

Its best you have a new machine with Windows 7 64-bit configuration and gradually migrate your applications and workflows over time.

Learn more about P2V (physical to virtual) of the solutions:

VMware vCenter Converter: P2V Machine virtual converter ...

also:

http://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/physical-to-virtual

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