Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit to 32 bit

[Sunil99999]

I have windows 7 home premium 64 bit version on my Lenovo y560 laptop with two drives "C"(420 GB) and "D"(30 GB).

There is a recovery option that comes along with the laptop to recover windows 7 64 bit version if anything gets corrupted in the OS. I want to install Windows 7 32 bit version but I have the below questions

1. If I go with fresh installation of windows 7 32 bit by removing windows 7 64 bit version, will recovery of windows 7 64 bit version work as usual and can I recover to windows 7 64 bit once I am done with windows 7 32 bit.

2. If I go with dual boot what will happen to recovery, will recovery contain windows 7 64 bit.

Thanks in advance.

P.S. Not worried about any data.

[zoltanthegypsy · Accepted solution]

Hello and welcome,

First, use the recovery program to burn a set of recovery media.  Then it won't matter what happens to the recovery partition.

There's a fair likelyhood that any install - dual boot, overwriting C:, anything that touches the MBR or (unintentionally) the recovery partition will make it unusable, even if it is still on your drive.

Z.

[Sunil99999]

Thanks for the info.

Could you please let me know how to  use the recovery program to burn a set of recovery media.

Also, for the dual boot can I install 32 bit on the same drive without partitioning.

[zoltanthegypsy]

Here's a KB article that covers using OKR to create recovery media: How to create "Factory Default Recovery Disc" with OneKey Recovery

I've always used separate partitions for multi-boot setups.  Here's something I Googled up that might apply.  It's written about WIn 7 and 8, but might work for 7 & 7.  I haven't tried it. How to Dual Boot Windows 7 and 8 Without Re-Partitioning (Using VHD)

Z.