Friday, December 19, 2014

windows 7 - Win 7 ultimate : Trying to install 64 bit version, it keeps giving me the 32 bit version

I've got a very strange problem here.


I have a 64 bit version of windows 7 and I am installing it via a USB drive.


However I keep getting a 32 bit installation instead.


This is why I know it's a 64 bit installation disc (G is where the drive is) :


C:\Windows\system32>dism /Get-WimInfo /WimFile:G:\sources\boot.wim


Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
Version: 6.1.7600.16385


Details for image : G:\sources\boot.wim


Index : 1
Name : Microsoft Windows PE (x64)
Description : Microsoft Windows PE (x64)
Size : 1,013,548,955 bytes


Index : 2
Name : Microsoft Windows Setup (x64)
Description : Microsoft Windows Setup (x64)
Size : 1,111,336,128 bytes


The operation completed successfully.


I don't even have 32 bit installation files ANYWHERE on my computer or USB drives.


But everytime when I boot via USB and install windows 7 again, it installs the 32 bit version (checked via control panel -> system) and I have less than 4 gb of ram available.


Just what is going on here?


I am using a 32 bit BOOTSECT.EXE to create the USB drive (since the 64 bit BOOTSECT.EXE on the installation disc cannot be run in the 32 bit version of windows that I am stuck with). But it shouldn't change the windows installation, especially considering there are NO 32 bit installation files available.


P.S. The windows DVD/USB tool won't detect my USB drives so I can't use that.

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