can we upgrade from 32 bit 10.10 to 64 bits without fresh install ?

[dino99]

why such decision ?

http://blog.pault.ag/post/3107062816...dumb-right-now

[Blasphemist]

You'll see people say you should upgrade and those who say not. I'm not an engineer that could say definitively. I did go to 64. I backed up home to another drive. During the 64 bit install from the iso I was given a choice to upgrade and try to not loose any files or settings. I chose not to do that but rather a clean install. I then copied back my documents, pictures and music. I didn't know if there would be a difference in settings for some things and didn't know for sure that the saving settings wouldn't end up causing problems. Also, part of doing this for me was to clean things up from much noob dinking that left me with who knows what for settings even if I wasn't having any big problems. Going 64 bit was just an extra for me. It hasn't led to any problems for me and I may have better performance but I don't have any hard data to back that up.

[rvchari]

You'll see people say you should upgrade and those who say not. I'm not an engineer that could say definitively. I did go to 64. I backed up home to another drive. During the 64 bit install from the iso I was given a choice to upgrade and try to not loose any files or settings. I chose not to do that but rather a clean install. I then copied back my documents, pictures and music. I didn't know if there would be a difference in settings for some things and didn't know for sure that the saving settings wouldn't end up causing problems. Also, part of doing this for me was to clean things up from much noob dinking that left me with who knows what for settings even if I wasn't having any big problems. Going 64 bit was just an extra for me. It hasn't led to any problems for me and I may have better performance but I don't have any hard data to back that up.

i ll follow what you say and with your experience...

will do it soon and post on this thread....