I'm thinking of upgrading to 64bit vista premium. currently i'm using xp 32bit with all the backup files being stored seperately in difference physical HDD. I have a folders full of INSTALLED program folders (in seperate HDD) which I would normally re-use everytime i format my HDD and reinstalled my windows xp 32bit. I also have another nother HDD with all the installation files which I will use for installing my previously installed programs after reinstalling my windows xp too.

So now I have thought of getting a vista preimum 64bit, and there's a few questions before i go ahead....

1. Can I still use all my INSTALLATION FILES (previously used for 32bit xp) for vista 64bit??
2. Will all my INSTALLED programs still be usable in vista 64bit?

Hope my questions don't confuse u all too much all your help will be very much appreciated, cheers!!

so any suggestions for solutions?

Sorry that i bad been MIA for so long i have been selling, buying and upgrading my rig .
So what u r implying is that i can actually upgrade my existing 32bit xp to 64bit vista without having to unistall my existing xp?

oh. games la just copy the .exe file and create a shortcut in desktop. can use already

so i guess there's no other way but to reformat everything and install a fresh new clean copy of 64bit vist eh?