32bit v 64bit operating system   

Hi,

I have an HP Pavilion dv9308nr notebook which HP techies tell me should
have a 32 bit operating system and a 64bit processor. But my system
tells me that it is a 64bit operating system....and so does the system
recovery cd. But all the drivers seems to be 32bit and I have two
Program files which seem to be duplicates of each other though one is
called'Program' and the other is Program x86. If, as I suspect, a
reinstallation done by a well-known company used the wrong recovery disc
will this be a huge problem? The machine had 1gb of RAM until today. I
wanted to upgrade to 4gb but was told the mother board can only support
2gb in total, so that's what I now have. Online, Vista says the 64bit
system needs 4gb. Is this true?

I did a health check and got a report that says my D drive - which is
my system recovery drive - is too full and that I should delete som
files. It also said
"root\cmv2:SELECT:Relpath,Name,description,VolumeDirty FROM Win
32_LogicalDisc WHERE Drive Type=3 and Volume Dirty = true.

I don't know if these are all reated issues, or if they should be
separate queries. Can someone please advise me? Thanks.


-- 
Suzan
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date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:38:58 +0100   author:   Suzan

RE: 32bit v 64bit operating system   

This link shows that it's available for support:  
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?product=3370371&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&lang=en&cc=us&submit=Go%20%BB

This link shows that you're limited to 2 gB of memory:  
http://www.crucial.com/store/listparts.aspx?model=Pavilion%20dv9308nr

64 bit Vista can use more than 4 gB of RAM, while 32 bit Vista can't - both 
can use 2 gB without any problems.

The Program Files folder is for 64 bit programs, the Program Files (x86) is 
for 32 bit programs that are compatible.

32 bit drivers won't operate on a 64 bit system.  It would help to know how 
you found out that these drivers are 32 bit.

Your D: partition is supposed to be full, so you'll have to turn off 
monitoring for that drive in the properties of the drive.

- John

"Suzan" wrote:

> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have an HP Pavilion dv9308nr notebook which HP techies tell me should
> have a 32 bit operating system and a 64bit processor. But my system
> tells me that it is a 64bit operating system....and so does the system
> recovery cd. But all the drivers seems to be 32bit and I have two
> Program files which seem to be duplicates of each other though one is
> called'Program' and the other is Program x86. If, as I suspect, a
> reinstallation done by a well-known company used the wrong recovery disc
> will this be a huge problem? The machine had 1gb of RAM until today. I
> wanted to upgrade to 4gb but was told the mother board can only support
> 2gb in total, so that's what I now have. Online, Vista says the 64bit
> system needs 4gb. Is this true?
> 
> I did a health check and got a report that says my D drive - which is
> my system recovery drive - is too full and that I should delete som
> files. It also said
> "root\cmv2:SELECT:Relpath,Name,description,VolumeDirty FROM Win
> 32_LogicalDisc WHERE Drive Type=3 and Volume Dirty = true.
> 
> I don't know if these are all reated issues, or if they should be
> separate queries. Can someone please advise me? Thanks.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Suzan
> Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com
> 
>

date: Sat, 8 Nov 2008 07:00:00 -0800   author:   usasma